Charles Willock

Charles Johnstone Willock (8 April 1862 19 March 1919) was an English cricketer. Willock was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born at Shahjehanpore in India.

Charles Willock
Personal information
Full nameCharles Johnstone Willock
Born8 April 1862
Shahjehanpore, North-Western Provinces, India
Died19 March 1919(1919-03-19) (aged 56)
Ryde, Isle of Wight, England
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1883Sussex
1883Cambridge University
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 2
Runs scored 14
Batting average 4.66
100s/50s /
Top score 8*
Balls bowled 184
Wickets 3
Bowling average 11.33
5 wickets in innings
10 wickets in match
Best bowling 2/18
Catches/stumpings 2/
Source: Cricinfo, 22 January 2013

Educated at Wellington College and later attending Trinity Hall, Cambridge,[1] Willock made a single first-class appearance for Cambridge University against the Marylebone Cricket Club at Fenner's in 1883.[2] He was dismissed in Cambridge University's first-innings of 100 for a duck by Wilfred Flowers, while in the Marylebone Cricket Club's first-innings of 159 he took the wickets of Billy Gunn and Percy de Paravicini to finish with figures of 2/18 from 28 overs. In the University's second-innings of 65, he was once again dismissed for a duck by Flowers, while in the Marylebone Cricket Club's successful chase, he dismissed Gunn for a second time.[3] Later that season he made a single first-class appearance for Sussex against Hamshire at Day's Antelope Ground.[2] In Hampshire's first-innings of 110, he bowled ten wicketless overs which conceded 5 runs, while he ended Sussex's first-innings of 94 unbeaten on 8. In Hampshire's second-innings of 180, he bowled five wicketless overs which conceded 9 runs. In Sussex's second-innings of 165, he was dismissed for 6 runs by William Dible, with Hampshire winning the match by 31 runs.[4]

He died at Ryde on the Isle of Wight on 19 March 1919.

References

  1. "Willock, Charles Johnstone (WLK879CJ)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  2. "First-Class Matches played by Charles Willock". CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 January 2013.
  3. "Cambridge University v Marylebone Cricket Club, 1883". CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 January 2013.
  4. "Hampshire v Sussex, 1883". CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 January 2013.
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