Steve Rixon
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Stephen John Rixon (born February 25 1954, Albury, New South Wales) is a former Australian and New South Wales cricketer.
He played in 13 Tests and 6 One-day Internationals between 1977 and 1985. He came into the Australian side as wicket-keeper in 1977-78 after Rodney Marsh joined World Series Cricket, losing his place on Marsh's return. In 1984-85 he came back in when Marsh retired and Wayne Phillips was injured.
In 1985-86 Rixon joined the rebel tour of South Africa, but on his return was unable to rejoin the national team.
Since retiring from playing, he has been the national coach fr the New Zealand cricket team, New South Wales, and currently Surrey.
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