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 name	Charles Johnstone Willock
Born	8 April 1862 Shahjehanpore, North-Western Provinces, India
Died	19 March 1919(1919-03-19) (aged 56) Ryde, Isle of Wight, England
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm medium
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1883	Sussex
1883	Cambridge 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.

External links

• Charles Willock at ESPNcricinfo
• Charles Willock at CricketArchive