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David Rock
Personal information
Full name
David John Rock
Born (1957-04-20) 20 April 1957 (age 67)
Southsea, Hampshire, England
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1976–1979Hampshire
Career statistics
Competition First-class List A
Matches 37 18
Runs scored 1,227 286
Batting average 19.17 19.06
100s/50s 3/4 –/2
Top score 114 68
Balls bowled 6
Wickets 0
Bowling average
5 wickets in innings
10 wickets in match
Best bowling
Catches/stumpings 19/– 7/–

Source: Cricinfo, 16 January 2010

David John Rock (born 20 April 1957) is an English former first-class cricketer who played county cricket for Hampshire in the mid-to-late 1970s.

Cricket career

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Rock was born at Southsea in April 1957. He was educated at The Portsmouth Grammar School.[1] He began his association with Hampshire in 1974, initially playing in the Second XI Championship.[1] He made his debut in first-class cricket for Hampshire against SurreyatThe Oval in the 1976 County Championship, with him making two further Championship appearances that season.[2] He established himself in the Hampshire side in the 1977 County Championship, making eleven appearances;[2] during this season, he scored his maiden first-class century with 114 runs against Leicestershire,[1] sharing in a partnership of 124 for the opening wicket with Gordon Greenidge.[3] Later in the season at Basingstoke, he scored a second century against Nottinghamshire.[1] In that same season, he also made his debut in List A one-day cricket against SomersetatStreet in the John Player League, with Rock making nine one-day appearances throughout the season, which included two matches in the Gillette Cup.[4]

Rock was unable to replicate his form during the 1978 season, and was dropped from the County Championship team early in the season.[5] He returned to the Hampshire side against the touring Pakistanis, following injuries and the unavailability of regular players,[6] Alongside seven first-class appearances in 1978,[2] Rock also made four one-day appearances in the John Player League,[4] a tournament which Hampshire won. He appeared more regularly for Hampshire in 1979, making sixteen first-class and five one-day appearances;[2][4] in first-class cricket that season, he scored 473 runs at an average of 18.19,[7] making one century against WarwickshireatNuneaton.[1] Following the 1979 season, Rock returned to Hampshire for pre-season preparation ahead of the 1980 season, but retired before the start of that season.[1] In 37 first-class matches, he scored 1,227 runs at an average of 19.17.[8] In eighteen one-day matches, he scored 286 runs at an average of 19.06, with two half centuries and a highest score of 68.[9]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f "A–Z (R5)". www.hampshirecrickethistory.wordpress.com. 2 May 2018. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
  • ^ a b c d "First-Class Matches played by David Rock". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
  • ^ "Leicestershire v Hampshire, Schweppes County Championship 1977". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
  • ^ a b c "List A Matches played by David Rock". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
  • ^ "Sport". Farnborough News. 27 June 1978. p. 30. Retrieved 26 April 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  • ^ "Cricket". Aldershot News. 13 June 1978. p. 32. Retrieved 26 April 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  • ^ "First-Class Batting and Fielding in Each Season by David Rock". CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
  • ^ "First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by David Rock". CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
  • ^ "List A Batting and Fielding For Each Team by David Rock". CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
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