Full name Geoffrey Dymock
Born July 21, 1945, Maryborough, Queensland
Current age 75 years 182 days
Major teams Australia, Queensland
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Left-arm fast-medium
Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s | Ct | St | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tests | 21 | 32 | 7 | 236 | 31* | 9.44 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
ODIs | 15 | 7 | 4 | 35 | 14* | 11.66 | 82 | 42.68 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
First-class | 126 | 159 | 54 | 1518 | 101* | 14.45 | 1 | 3 | 41 | 0 | ||||
List A | 41 | 19 | 9 | 97 | 15* | 9.70 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tests | 21 | 35 | 5545 | 2116 | 78 | 7/67 | 12/166 | 27.12 | 2.28 | 71.0 | 4 | 5 | 1 |
ODIs | 15 | 14 | 806 | 412 | 15 | 2/21 | 2/21 | 27.46 | 3.06 | 53.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
First-class | 126 | 27732 | 11438 | 425 | 7/67 | 26.91 | 2.47 | 65.2 | 13 | 1 | |||
List A | 41 | 2216 | 1212 | 55 | 5/27 | 5/27 | 22.03 | 3.28 | 40.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Test debut | Australia v New Zealand at Adelaide, Jan 26-31, 1974 scorecard |
Last Test | Pakistan v Australia at Lahore, Mar 18-23, 1980 scorecard |
Test statistics | |
ODI debut | New Zealand v Australia at Dunedin, Mar 30, 1974 scorecard |
Last ODI | England v Australia at The Oval, Aug 20, 1980 scorecard |
ODI statistics | |
First-class span | 1971/72 - 1981/82 |
List A span | 1972/73 - 1981/82 |
Wisden overview
A soft-spoken country Queenslander, 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. Gideon Haigh