Bert Lock
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| Full name | Herbert Christmas Lock | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 8 May 1903 East Molesey, Surrey, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 19 May 1978 (aged 75) Honor Oak, London, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1934–1939 | Devon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1931–1935 | Minor Counties | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1926–1932 | Surrey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 18 April 2011 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Herbert 'Bert' Christmas Lock (8 May 1903 – 19 May 1978) was an English cricketer and prominent groundsman. Lock was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born in East Molesey, Surrey.
Lock made his first-class debut for Surrey in the 1926 County Championship against Glamorgan. He played first-class cricket for Surrey from 1926 to 1932, making 32 infrequent appearances.[1] A tailend batsman, Lock scored 89 runs for Surrey in first-class cricket at a batting average of just 4.23.[2] His position within the team was that of a bowler. He took 75 wickets for Surrey at a bowling average of 31.74, although he never took a five wicket haul, with his best figures being 4/34.[3] His best innings bowling figures came against Leicestershire in 1928.[4]
Lock played a handful of first-class matches for other teams besides Surrey. He toured the West Indies with Baron Tennyson's XI in 1927, playing just a single first-class match against Jamaica. He took just a single wicket in the match, that of Charles Morales for the cost of 118 runs.[5] While playing for Surrey, he represented the Second XI in the Minor Counties Championship,[6] which entitled him to represent the Minor Counties cricket team in a first-class match against the touring New Zealanders in 1931. He took 4 New Zealand wickets in their first-innings, those of John Mills, Cyril Allcott, Ken James and Jack Kerr.[7]
Lock joined Devon in 1934, making his debut for the county in the Minor Counties Championship against the Kent Second XI. He continued to play Minor counties cricket for Devon until 1939.[6] While playing for Devon, Somerset and Gloucestershire offered him terms, but Lock joined neither.[8] While playing for Devon he played his second and final first-class match for the Minor Counties against Oxford University.[1] While still a player, Lock stood as an umpire in a single first-class match in 1928 between the Army and the Royal Air Force.[9]
