Ernest Bock

Ernest Bock

Cricket information
Batting style	Right-hand bat
Bowling style	Right-arm medium
International information
National side	South African
Career statistics
Competition Tests First-class Matches 1 19 Runs scored 11 281 Batting average - 14.05 100s/50s 0/0 0/1 Top score 9* 78 Balls bowled 138 1855 Wickets - 32 Bowling average - 27.78 5 wickets in innings - 1 10 wickets in match - 0 Best bowling - 5/8 Catches/stumpings 0/- 12/-
Source: CricketArchive

Ernest George Bock (17 September 1908 – 5 September 1961) was a South African cricketer who played in one Test in 1935.^[1]

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 No 9, he scored 78.^[2] 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.^[3]

After that bowling performance, he 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 No 11 in both innings, scoring 9 and 2, both times not out, and he failed to take a wicket in 23 overs.^[4] That was his only match that season and he then disappeared from cricket for four years until two final matches for North Eastern Transvaal in 1939-40. He died in Springs, Gauteng.

References

1. "Ernest Bock". www.cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 2012-01-12.
2. "Scorecard: Griqualand West v Rhodesia". www.cricketarchive.com. 1931-12-29. Retrieved 2012-01-28.
3. "Scorecard: Transvaal v Orange Free State". www.cricketarchive.com. 1935-03-09. Retrieved 2012-01-28.
4. "Scorecard: South Africa v Australia". www.cricketarchive.com. 1935-12-24. Retrieved 2012-01-28.