John Stuart Pollock (5 June 1920 – 1 February 2017) was an Irish first-class cricketer and cricket administrator.
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| Full name | John Stuart Pollock | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 5 June 1920 Belfast, Northern Ireland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 1 February 2017 (aged 96) Downpatrick, Northern Ireland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm off break | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | William Pollock (father) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Domestic team information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1954–1957 | Marylebone Cricket Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1939–1957 | Ireland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 2 October 2018 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Life and cricket
editBorn at Belfast in June 1920, Pollock was the son of the cricketer William Pollock.[1] He was educated at Campbell College.[1]
Pollock made his debut in first-class cricket in 1939, when Ireland played Scotland at Dublin.[2]
He resumed playing first-class cricket after World War II, touring England in 1947 when he played in both first-class matches on the tour against Derbyshire and Yorkshire.[2] He featured in first-class cricket until 1958, playing a total of 23 matches; twenty of these came for Ireland, with Pollock also playing two matches for the Marylebone Cricket Club and one for the Free Foresters.[2] Recognised as one of the best batsman in Ireland during this period,[1] he scored 1,036 runs in first-class cricket at an average of 25.26, and a high score of 129, which was his only first-class century.[3] He played his club cricket for the North of Ireland Cricket Club,[1] who he played for into the 1960s, eventually retiring from playing due to a bad back.[4]
He remained active in Irish cricket following his retirement. He was President of the Irish Cricket Union in 1980, a role in which he was described as "much travelled, popular and successful."[1] Outside of cricket, Pollock was a competent golfer and squash player, and worked as director in the family timber business.[1][4]
Pollock died at Downpatrick in February 2017, and was at the time of his death the last surviving Irish cricketer to have played first-class cricket before the war.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f g "Death of Stuart Pollock". CricketEurope. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
- ^ a b c "First-Class Matches played by Stuart Pollock". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
- ^ "Player profile: Stuart Pollock". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
- ^ a b "Stuart Pollock". www.theulstercricketer.com. Retrieved 2 October 2018.