Victor Fox, a trialist from Newport, appeared for Exeter City’s reserves during the 1931/32 season. A player with Football League experience, who was also a first-class cricketer, he was not offered a contract by City. 

Born William Victor - but invariably known as 'Victor' - he hailed from Middlesbrough and had started his football career with South Bank before turning professional with Middlesbrough ahead of later playing for Wolverhampton Wanderers and Newport County.

Having made 37 league appearances for Newport in 1930/31, including both Christmas games against the Grecians, he declined terms for the new season and arrived at St James’ Park on a trial basis in September 1931 (probably after having played club cricket during the summer). He is known to have featured at right-back against Bristol Rovers Reserves in the Western League on 26 September 1931 but left the club shortly afterwards to continue his career with Manchester Central and later Nantwich.

His first-class cricket career had begun with Worcestershire in 1923 when he finished the season with nearly a thousand runs including an unbeaten maiden century of 178 against Northamptonshire. Barred from playing for the next two seasons because of a qualification issue, his career resumed with Worcestershire in 1926 and continued until 1930 as he scored over a thousand runs in three seasons and 999 in another. Notching a first-class best of 198, he played less-often in 1930 and made no first-class appearances in the summer prior to his brief spell at Exeter.   

Appearing to settle in the North West after his football career finished, he died in Manchester at the age of 51 in 1949.