| Ronald Fox | |
| Fullname: | Ronald Henry Fox |
| Birth Date: | 23 January 1880 |
| Birth Place: | Dunedin, New Zealand |
| Death Place: | Bloxham, Oxfordshire, England |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Role: | Wicketkeeper |
| Columns: | 1 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 19 |
| Runs1: | 407 |
| Bat Avg1: | 15.65 |
| 100S/50S1: | 0/1 |
| Top Score1: | 54 |
| Deliveries1: | 90 |
| Wickets1: | 2 |
| Bowl Avg1: | 25.50 |
| Fivefor1: | 0 |
| Tenfor1: | 0 |
| Best Bowling1: | 1/17 |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 26/8 |
| Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/newzealand/content/player/37088.html Cricinfo |
| Date: | 20 November 2017 |
Ronald Henry Fox (23 January 1880 – 27 August 1952) was a New Zealand cricketer and British army officer.
Ronald Fox was born in Dunedin. His father worked for the Bank of New Zealand in the nearby town of Milton.[1] After attending Haileybury and Imperial Service College in England from 1893 to 1898,[2] [3] he played club cricket in England, usually as a wicketkeeper, including a few games for Kent Second XI.[4] He had played only four first-class matches for various teams between 1904 and 1906 when he was selected in the Marylebone Cricket Club side that toured New Zealand in 1906–07.[5]
Fox played 10 of the 11 first-class matches on the tour, including the two unofficial Tests against New Zealand at the end of the tour. He made his highest first-class score in the second match against Otago, when he made 54 and put on 134 for the opening partnership with Peter Randall Johnson.[6]
He continued to play for MCC in England until the First World War. He served as a captain in the Royal Field Artillery from 1914 to 1919. He was awarded the Military Cross and was mentioned in despatches.[3]
In 1927, when the New Zealand cricket team were touring England for the first time, they invited him to play in one of their first-class matches.[7] Aged 47, and 17 years after his previous first-class match, he opened the batting and made 4. The New Zealanders nevertheless beat the Civil Service cricket team, who were playing what turned out to be their only first-class match, by an innings.[8]