Ernest Bock

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Ernest Bock South Africa (RSA)
Batting style	Right-hand bat
Bowling type	Right-arm medium
	Tests	First-class
Matches	1	19
Runs scored	11	281
Batting average	-	14.05
100s/50s	-/-	-/1
Top score	9*	78
Balls bowled	138	-
Wickets	-	32
Bowling average	-	27.78
5 wickets in innings	-	1
10 wickets in match	-	-
Best bowling	-	5/8
Catches/stumpings	-/-	12/-
Test debut: 24 December 1935 Last Test: 24 December 1935 Source: [1]

Ernest George Bock (born September 17, 1908, Kimberley, South Africa, died September 5, 1961, Springs, Gauteng) was a South African cricketer who played in one Test in 1935.

Ernest Bock 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-East Transvaal in 1939-40.