Ernest Bock
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Ernest George Bock was a South Africa
n cricket
er 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 No 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, 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 and failed to take a wicket. 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
.
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
n cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
er who played in one Test
Test cricket
Test cricket is the longest form of the sport of cricket. Test matches are played between national representative teams with "Test status", as determined by the International Cricket Council , with four innings played between two teams of 11 players over a period of up to a maximum five days...
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
First-class cricket
First-class cricket is a class of cricket that consists of matches of three or more days' scheduled duration, that are between two sides of eleven players and are officially adjudged first-class by virtue of the standard of the competing teams...
in South Africa, one for Griqualand West
Griqualand West cricket team
The Griqualand West cricket team is the first-class cricket team that represents the province of Griqualand West in South Africa. For the purposes of the SuperSport Series, Griqualand West has merged with Free State to form the Eagles from October 2004....
and one for Transvaal
Transvaal cricket team
Gauteng cricket team is the first-class cricket team of the province of Gauteng in South Africa....
. Only a couple of times did he achieve distinction: for Griqualand West against Rhodesia
Rhodesian cricket team
The Rhodesia cricket team played first-class cricket and represented originally the British colony of Southern Rhodesia and later the unilaterally independent state of Rhodesia which became Zimbabwe...
in 1931-32, batting at No 9, he scored 78; in 1934-35, in the final match of the season for Transvaal against Orange Free State
Orange Free State cricket team
The Free State cricket team is the first-class cricket team representing the province of Free State in South Africa....
he took five wickets for eight runs as the Free State side were bowled out for 70.
After that bowling performance, he only appeared in three further first-class games. The first of those was the second Test against Australia
Australian cricket team
The Australian cricket team is the national cricket team of Australia. It is the joint oldest team in Test cricket, having played in the first Test match in 1877...
at Johannesburg
Johannesburg
Johannesburg also known as Jozi, Jo'burg or Egoli, is the largest city in South Africa, by population. Johannesburg is the provincial capital of Gauteng, the wealthiest province in South Africa, having the largest economy of any metropolitan region in Sub-Saharan Africa...
in 1935-36, when he batted at No 11 in both innings and failed to take a wicket. That was his only match that season and he then disappeared from cricket for four years until two final matches for North Eastern Transvaal
Northerns cricket team
Northerns cricket team has played first-class cricket in South Africa since December 1937....
in 1939-40. He died in Springs, Gauteng
Springs, Gauteng
Springs is a city on the East Rand in the Gauteng province of South Africa.It lies 50 km east of Johannesburg. The name of the city derives from the large number of springs in the area; it has a population of more than 200,000, and is situated at 5,340 ft a.s.l...
.