Tony Lock

Graham Anthony Richard Lock (5 July 1929 – 30 March 1995) was an English cricketer, who played primarily as a left-arm spinner. He played in 49 Test matches for England taking 174 wickets.

For the English footballer, see Tony Lock (footballer). For the American football player, see Tony Locke.

Tony Lock
Tony Lock in 1970
Personal information
Full name
Graham Anthony Richard Lock
Born(1929-07-05)5 July 1929
Limpsfield, Surrey, England
Died30 March 1995(1995-03-30) (aged 65)
Perth, Western Australia
BattingRight-handed
BowlingSlow left arm orthodox
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 370)17 July 1952 v India
Last Test3 April 1968 v West Indies
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1946–1963Surrey
1962/63–1970/71Western Australia
1965–1967Leicestershire
Career statistics
Competition Test FC LA
Matches 49 654 8
Runs scored 742 10,342 5
Batting average 13.74 15.88 1.00
100s/50s 0/3 0/27 0/0
Top score 89 89 3
Balls bowled 13,147 150,168 428
Wickets 174 2,844 10
Bowling average 25.58 19.23 27.00
5 wickets in innings 9 196 0
10 wickets in match 3 50 0
Best bowling 7/35 10/54 3/20
Catches/stumpings 59/– 831/– 3/–
Source: Cricinfo, 8 September 2009

Lock took 2,844 first-class wickets, placing him ninth on the all-time list, and is the only player to score more than 10,000 runs without once making a century; despite passing fifty on 27 occasions, his highest score was 89, made in a Test in Guyana. His tally of 831 catches in first-class cricket, mostly taken at short leg, lies behind only W.G. Grace and Frank Woolley.

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