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| Full name | Ernest George Bock | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1908-09-17)17 September 1908 Kimberley, Cape Colony | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 5 September 1961(1961-09-05) (aged 52) Springs, Transvaal, South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Only Test | 24 December 1935 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source: CricketArchive, 15 November 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ernest George Bock (17 September 1908 – 5 September 1961) was a South African cricketer who played in one Test in 1935.
Bock was born in Kimberley, South Africa. He was a lower-order right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium pace bowler who played only two full seasons of first-class cricket in South Africa, one for Griqualand West and one for Transvaal. Only a couple of times did he achieve distinction. For Griqualand West against Rhodesia in 1931–32, batting at number 9, he scored 78. In 1934–35, in the final match of the season for Transvaal against Orange Free State he took five wickets for eight runs as the Free State side were bowled out for 70.
After that bowling performance, Bock only appeared in three further first-class games. The first of those was the second Test against Australia at Johannesburg in 1935–36, when he batted at number 11 in both innings, scoring 9 and 2, both times not out, and he failed to take a wicket in 23 overs. After that match he disappeared from first-class cricket for four years until two final matches for North Eastern Transvaal in 1939–40. He died at Springs, Transvaal, in 1961, aged 52.
References
- "Ernest Bock". www.cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 12 January 2012.
- "Scorecard: Griqualand West v Rhodesia". www.cricketarchive.com. 29 December 1931. Retrieved 28 January 2012.
- "Scorecard: Transvaal v Orange Free State". www.cricketarchive.com. 9 March 1935. Retrieved 28 January 2012.
- "Scorecard: South Africa v Australia". www.cricketarchive.com. 24 December 1935. Retrieved 28 January 2012.
- "Ernest Bock". Cricinfo. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
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