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3 unusual facts about Alec Coxon


Alec Coxon

Coxon was the namesake for the Jamaican record producer, Clement Dodd, whose boyhood cricket prowess earned him the name by which he became better known, "Coxsone."

His highest score was 102 not out against Yorkshire Second XI at Scarborough in 1952.

Coxsone Dodd

He received his nickname "Coxsone" at school: because of his teenage talent as a cricketer, his friends compared him to Alec Coxon, a member of the 1940s Yorkshire County Cricket Club team.



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