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Full name | David John Rock | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Southsea, Hampshire, England | 20 April 1957|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1976–1979 | Hampshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
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 Surrey at The 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 Somerset at Street 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 Warwickshire at Nuneaton. [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]
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