| Ernest Bock | |
| Fullname: | Ernest George Bock |
| Birth Date: | 17 September 1908 |
| Birth Place: | Kimberley, Cape Colony |
| Death Place: | Springs, Transvaal, South Africa |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Bowling: | Right-arm medium |
| Columns: | 2 |
| Column1: | Test |
| Matches1: | 1 |
| Runs1: | 11 |
| Bat Avg1: | – |
| 100S/50S1: | 0/0 |
| Top Score1: | 9 |
| Deliveries1: | 138 |
| Wickets1: | 0 |
| Bowl Avg1: | – |
| Fivefor1: | – |
| Tenfor1: | – |
| Best Bowling1: | – |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 0/– |
| Column2: | First-class |
| Matches2: | 19 |
| Runs2: | 281 |
| Bat Avg2: | 14.05 |
| 100S/50S2: | 0/1 |
| Top Score2: | 78 |
| Deliveries2: | 1,855 |
| Wickets2: | 32 |
| Bowl Avg2: | 27.78 |
| Fivefor2: | 1 |
| Tenfor2: | 0 |
| Best Bowling2: | 5/8 |
| Catches/Stumpings2: | 12/– |
| International: | true |
| Country: | South Africa |
| Testdebutagainst: | Australia |
| Testdebutdate: | 24 December |
| Testdebutyear: | 1935 |
| Onetest: | true |
| Source: | https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/0/673/673.html CricketArchive |
| Date: | 15 November |
| Year: | 2022 |
Ernest George Bock (17 September 1908 – 5 September 1961) was a South African cricketer who played in one Test in 1935.[1]
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 number 9, he scored 78.[2] 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.[3]
After that bowling performance, Bock 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 number 11 in both innings, scoring 9 and 2, both times not out, and he failed to take a wicket in 23 overs.[4] After that match he disappeared from first-class cricket for four years until two final matches for North Eastern Transvaal in 1939–40. He died at Springs, Transvaal, in 1961, aged 52.[5]