Percy Cox

Who was Percy Cox?

Percy Ince Cox was a West Indian cricketer. He toured with the first West Indian side to England in 1900 aged just 21.

He made his debut in important matches playing for Barbados as an 18 year old against Priestley's side and Lord Hawke's team in 1896-97.

In the 1899-1900 Inter-Colonial Tournament final he scored 70 and 6-39 in the match. Despite this he was originally only selected as a reserve for the 1900 team but gained his place when others dropped out. He was described before the tour as "Twenty-one years of age. Steady bat, fair field, and fair change bowler; member of the Wanderers".He was one of the successes of the tour being 3rd in the batting averages and also took useful wickets. He had useful scores in each of the first three matches against strong opposition. Later in the tour he scored 142 against Surrey and then 5-44 against Liverpool and District. Wisden reported that "Cox bowled well against Derbyshire and Liverpool and District, and was more than once useful as a change.