John Henry Dixon (born 3 March 1954) is an English former

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er active from 1973 to 1988 who played for

Gloucestershire Gloucestershire ( abbreviated Glos) is a county in South West England. The county comprises part of the Cotswold Hills, part of the flat fertile valley of the River Severn and the entire Forest of Dean. The county town is the city of Gl ...

Oxford University Oxford () is a city in England. It is the county town and only city of Oxfordshire. In 2020, its population was estimated at 151,584. It is north-west of London, south-east of Birmingham and north-east of Bristol. The city is home to the ...

and

Wiltshire Wiltshire (; abbreviated Wilts) is a historic and ceremonial county in South West England with an area of . It is landlocked and borders the counties of Dorset to the southwest, Somerset to the west, Hampshire to the southeast, Gloucestershire ...

. He was born in

Bournemouth Bournemouth () is a coastal resort town in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole council area of Dorset, England. At the 2011 census, the town had a population of 183,491, making it the largest town in Dorset. It is situated on the Southern ...

. He appeared in 16

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as a right-handed batsman who bowled right arm medium-fast pace. He scored 77 runs with a highest score of 13 * and held six

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. He took 21

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s with a best analysis of five for 44.John Dixon at CricketArchive
/ref> He was one of the bowlers during the then world record

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for the second wicket between

Warwickshire Warwickshire (; abbreviated Warks) is a county in the West Midlands region of England. The county town is Warwick, and the largest town is Nuneaton. The county is famous for being the birthplace of William Shakespeare at Stratford-upon-Avon an ...

Rohan Kanhai Rohan Babulal Kanhai (born 26 December 1935) is a Guyanese former cricketer of Tamil Indo-Guyanese origin , who represented the West Indies in 79 Test matches. He is widely considered to be one of the best batsmen of the 1960s. Kanhai featur ...

and John Jameson at

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in 1974.CricketArchive scorecard – Warwickshire v Gloucestershire 1974
/ref> Dixon is the great-nephew of

Gee Langdon Gee Langdon (1907–1993) was a British writer, lyricist and composer. Early life and education Langdon was born Gladys Annie Joel in Richmond, Surrey, and was educated at the Richmond County School for GirlsRidler, Anne & Clapinson, Mary (2011) ...

and became a publisher and author. Between 1984 and 1992 he was the publisher of ''The Cricket Diary'', which included, amongst much other cricket information and records, weekly quotations, illustrations and most well-known cricketers' birthdays. His ''First Peel The Otter'', a spoof cookery book, contained unfeasible recipes of a surreal, whimsical or gruesome nature. He subsequently contributed to ''The Marmite Cookbook'' and ''The Bumper Book of Marmite''. Playwright

Dougie Blaxland James Martin Hilary Graham-Brown (born 11 July 1951) is a former English professional cricketer and schoolteacher. He is now a playwright who writes under the pen name Dougie Blaxland. Early life and education Graham-Brown was born at Thetfo ...

cites him as a major influence. He plays bass guitar in The Disintegraters with, amongst others, Henry Marsh of the band Sailor, Stuart Ryan and Stephen (Austin) Clark.

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