Ian Ray Buxton was an English footballer and cricketer.
13 Facts About Ian Buxton
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Ian Buxton played football as an inside forward for Derby County between 1959 and 1967, before brief spells with Luton Town, Notts County, Port Vale, and non-League Ilkeston Town.
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Ian Buxton played cricket for Derbyshire from 1959 to 1973, serving the county as captain between 1970 and 1972.
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Ian Buxton scored six goals in eighteen games for Gordon Lee's "Valiants".
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Ian Buxton soon came out of retirement though, joining Ilkeston Town in July 1970.
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Ian Buxton took his first five-wicket haul during the season, as Derbyshire finished in a promising seventh place in the championship.
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Ian Buxton was a first-choice player in the team over the next four seasons when he posted one more ten-wicket match against Worcestershire in June 1968.
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Ian Buxton was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler.
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Ian Buxton was a consistent middle-order batsman whose skill with the ball helped him to gain a first-team place and, between 1970 and 1972, the Derbyshire club captaincy.
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Ian Buxton played 350 first-class matches with the Derbyshire first team before retiring in 1973.
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Ian Buxton made a cricket comeback some 20 years after retiring from playing, serving on the committee for several years during the 1990s.
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Ian Buxton was married to Doreen and had two children as well as five grandchildren.
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Ian Buxton died, aged 72, at his Matlock home on 1 October 2010.