Eric George Willcock is a former English

English people

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 cricket

Cricket

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er. Willcock was a left-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break

Off break

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. He was born at St. Ives

St Ives, Cornwall

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, Cornwall

Cornwall

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Willcock made his Minor Counties Championship debut for Cornwall

Cornwall County Cricket Club

Cornwall County Cricket Club is one of the county clubs which make up the Minor Counties in the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Cornwall and playing in the Minor Counties Championship and the MCCA Knockout Trophy...

 in 1967 against Devon

Devon County Cricket Club

Devon County Cricket Club is one of the county clubs which make up the Minor Counties in the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Devon and playing in the Minor Counties Championship and the MCCA Knockout Trophy....

. From 1967 to 1987, he represented the county in 108 Minor Counties Championship matches, the last of which came against Wiltshire

Wiltshire County Cricket Club

Wiltshire County Cricket Club is one of the county clubs which make up the Minor Counties in the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Wiltshire and playing in the Minor Counties Championship and the MCCA Knockout Trophy....

. Willcock also represented Cornwall in the MCCA Knockout Trophy

MCCA Knockout Trophy

The Minor Counties Cricket Association Knockout Cup was started in 1983 as a knockout one-day competition for the Minor Counties in English cricket...

. His debut in that comeptition came against Devon in 1984. From 1984 to 1987, he represented the county in 4 Trophy matches, the last of which came against Wiltshire.

Willcock also represented Cornwall in List A cricket. His List A debut came against Glamorgan

Glamorgan County Cricket Club

Glamorgan County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the historic county of Glamorgan aka Glamorganshire . Glamorgan CCC is the only Welsh first-class cricket club. Glamorgan CCC have won the English County...

 in the 1970 Gillette Cup

1970 Gillette Cup

The 1970 Gillette Cup was the eighth Gillette Cup, an English limited overs county cricket tournament. It was held between 25 April and 5 September 1970...

. From 1970 to 1986, he represented the county in 5 List A matches, the last of which came against Derbyshire

Derbyshire County Cricket Club

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 in the 1986 NatWest Trophy

1986 NatWest Trophy

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. In his 5 List A matches, he scored 79 runs at a batting average

Batting average

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 of 15.80, with a high score of 43. In the field he took 5 catches.

Family

His son Kevin

Kevin Willcock

Kevin James Willcock is a former English cricketer. Willcock was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born at Tavistock, Devon....

 also played List A and Minor Counties cricket for Cornwall.

External links

• Eric Willcock at Cricinfo
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• Eric Willcock at CricketArchive
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