Geoff Dymock

Geoff Dymock
Personal information
Full name
Geoffrey Dymock
Born (1945-07-21) 21 July 1945 (age 79)
Maryborough, Queensland, Australia
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingLeft-arm fast-medium
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 268)26 January 1974 v New Zealand
Last Test18 March 1980 v Pakistan
ODI debut (cap 21)30 March 1974 v New Zealand
Last ODI20 August 1980 v England
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1971/72–1981/82Queensland
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 21 15 126 41
Runs scored 236 35 1,518 97
Batting average 9.43 11.66 14.45 9.70
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 1/3 0/0
Top score 31* 14* 101* 15*
Balls bowled 5,545 806 27,726 2,202
Wickets 78 15 425 55
Bowling average 27.12 27.46 26.91 22.03
5 wickets in innings 5 0 13 1
10 wickets in match 1 0 1 0
Best bowling 7/67 2/21 7/67 5/27
Catches/stumpings 1/– 1/– 41/– 7/–
Source: CricketArchive, 16 December 2009

Geoffrey Dymock OAM (born 21 July 1945) is an Australian former international cricketer. He played in 21 Test matches and 15 One Day Internationals between 1974 and 1980. On his debut, he took five wickets in the second innings against New Zealand in Adelaide in 1974.[1] He was the third bowler to dismiss all eleven opposition players in a Test match, and remains one of only six bowlers to have achieved this.[2]

Dymock captained the Queensland cricket team for 9 matches between 1980 and 1982.[3]

In the words of Gideon Haigh

Geoff Dymock would have played more Tests for Australia in an era less blessed with fast-bowling talent. As it was, he probably exceeded his own expectations when, sporting a bushranger's beard at the age of 34 in 1979-80, he wheeled down his left-arm seamers manfully in India, and against England and West Indies at home. No bowler, too, was so tireless a trier in the years when Queensland seemed likelier to win the FA Cup than the Sheffield Shield.[4]

  1. ^ "3rd Test: Australia v New Zealand at Adelaide, Jan 26-31, 1974". espncricinfo. Retrieved 13 December 2011.
  2. ^ "Dismissing all eleven batsmen in a match". espncricinfo. Retrieved 13 December 2011.
  3. ^ "Sheffield Shield / Pura Cup - Queensland / Records / Most matches as captain". ESPN cricinfo. ESPN Sports Media. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  4. ^ Haigh, Gideon. "Geoff Dymock Wisden overview". Cricinfo.