Rodney Exton

Rodney Exton
Personal information
Full name	Rodney Noel Exton
Born	28 December 1927; Bournemouth, Hampshire, England
Died	22 December 1999 (aged 71); Westminster, London, England
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm off break
Domestic team information
1946	Hampshire
Career statistics
Matches	4
Runs scored	39
Batting average	9.75
100s/50s	–/–
Top score	24*
Balls bowled	108
Wickets	–
Bowling average	–
5 wickets in innings	–
10 wickets in match	–
Best bowling	–
Catches/stumpings	1/–
	Source: Cricinfo, 1 January 2010

Rodney Noel Exton (28 December 1927 – 22 December 1999) was an English first-class cricketer. A right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break, he was educated at Clifton College^[1] in Bristol, where he was considered a talented cricketer.

Exton made his first-class debut for Hampshire in the 1946 County Championship, the first Championship after the Second World War. His first match came against Leicestershire. He made four first-class appearance for Hampshire in 1946, his final match coming against Surrey. During 1946 he contracted poliomyelitis, which ended his first-class career.

Exton embarked on a teaching career after studying at Lincoln College, Oxford, between 1948 and 1951. He taught at Eton College and Mill Hill before becoming Headmaster at Reed's School in Cobham, Surrey. He died in Westminster, London on 22 December 1999.

References[]

^ "Clifton College Register" Muirhead, J.A.O. ref no 11784: Bristol; J.W Arrowsmith for Old Cliftonian Society; April, 1948

External links[]

Rodney Exton at Cricinfo
Rodney Exton at CricketArchive

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[1] "Clifton College Register" Muirhead, J.A.O. ref no 11784: Bristol; J.W Arrowsmith for Old Cliftonian Society; April, 1948

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