John Henry Dixon

John Henry Dixon (born 3 March 1954 in Bournemouth) is a former English cricketer,^[1] publisher and author.^[2] He is the great-nephew of Gee Langdon.

As a cricketer,^[3] he played for Oxford University, Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and many other teams including Lavinia, Duchess of Norfolk's XI.^[4] He appeared in sixteen first-class matches as a righthanded batsman who bowled right arm medium fast.^[5] His best bowling performance of five for 44 was achieved on his first-class debut for Gloucestershire against Oxford University in 1973,^[6] which placed him 7th. in the national bowling averages that year.^[7] He was one of the bowlers during the then world-record second-wicket stand between Rohan Kanhai and John Jameson at Edgbaston in 1974.^[8][9]

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,^[10] a spoof cookery book, contained unfeasible recipes of a surreal, whimsical or gruesome nature.^[11] He subsequently contributed to The Marmite Cookbook^[12] and The Bumper Book of Marmite.^[13] Playwright Dougie Blaxland cites him as a major influence.

He plays bass guitar in The Disintegraters^[14] with, amongst others, Henry Marsh of the band Sailor, Stuart Ryan ^[15] and Stephen (Austin) Clark ^[16]

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