Full Name
Robert Graeme Pollock
Born
February 27, 1944, Durban, Natal
Age
77y 51d
Batting Style
Left hand bat
Bowling Style
Legbreak
relations
AM Pollock
(father),
AG Pollock
(son),
GA Pollock
(son),
PM Pollock
(brother),
SM Pollock
(nephew),
R Howden
(uncle),
RM Nicholson
(cousin),
CR Nicholson
(cousin)
TEAMS
Perhaps the finest left-hand batsman the game has ever produced - Donald Bradman certainly thought so, classing only Garry Sobers as his equal among those he saw play. Another deprived of greater exposure by South Africa's isolation, Pollock showed in his 23 Tests what an awesome talent he possessed; his highest score of 274 was for many years the South African Test record. Pollock was an extremely powerful batsman, although his timing was perhaps his most obvious natural asset, and could also bowl effective legspin at times. He scored his maiden first-class century when he was just 16 and then posted his first Test hundred at 19 in Australia. Part of the cricketing Pollock family, brother of Peter and uncle to Shaun, he now sits on the South African selection committee.
Neil Manthorp
Career Averages
Batting & Fielding
Format | Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | 100s | 50s | 6s | Ct | St |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Test | 23 | 41 | 4 | 2256 | 274 | 60.97 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 17 | 0 |
FC | 262 | 437 | 54 | 20940 | 274 | 54.67 | 64 | 99 | 248 | 0 | |
List A | 118 | 112 | 19 | 4656 | 222* | 50.06 | 12 | 25 | 45 | 0 |
Bowling
Format | Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10w |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Test | 23 | 13 | 414 | 204 | 4 | 2/50 | 2/50 | 51.00 | 2.95 | 103.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
FC | 262 | 3743 | 2062 | 43 | 3/46 | 47.95 | 87.00 | 0 | 0 | ||||
List A | 118 | 63 | 59 | 0 | - | - | - | 5.61 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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