{{short description|English cricketer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}} {{Use British English|date=March 2020}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Angus Pollock | image = | country = England | fullname = Angus John Pollock | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1962|4|19|df=yes}} | birth_place = Liversedge, Yorkshire, England | death_date = | death_place = | heightft = | heightinch = | nickname = | family = Alasdair Pollock (son)<br>Ed Pollock (son) | batting = Right-handed | bowling = Right-arm medium | role = | club1 = Cambridge University | year1 = 1982–1984 | columns = 2 | column1 = First-class | matches1 = 23 | runs1 = 198 | bat avg1 = 9.00 | 100s/50s1 = 0/0 | top score1 = 32 | deliveries1 = 3,045 | wickets1 = 49 | bowl avg1 = 37.81 | fivefor1 = 2 | tenfor1 = 0 | best bowling1 = 5/107 | catches/stumpings1 = 7/– | column2 = List A | matches2 = 6 | runs2 = 49 | bat avg2 = 9.80 | 100s/50s2 = 0/0 | top score2 = 18 | deliveries2 = 341 | wickets2 = 6 | bowl avg2 = 37.83 | fivefor2 = 0 | tenfor2 = 0 | best bowling2 = 2/50 | catches/stumpings2 = 1/– | date = 4 September | year = 2019 | source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/18986.html Cricinfo }}
'''Angus John Pollock''' (born 19 April 1962) is an English former cricketer.
Pollock was born in April 1962 at Liversedge, Yorkshire. He was educated at Shrewsbury School, before going up to Trinity College, Cambridge.<ref>{{cite book |title=The Cambridge University List of Members |date=1991 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |pages=139 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=05AcAQAAMAAJ |language=en}}</ref> While studying at Cambridge, he made his debut in first-class cricket for Cambridge University against Middlesex at Fenner's in 1982. He played first-class cricket for Cambridge until 1984, making 23 appearances.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/32/32106/First-Class_Matches.html |title=First-Class Matches played by Angus Pollock |website=CricketArchive |accessdate=2019-09-05 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> In his 24 matches, he took 49 wickets with his right-arm medium pace bowling at an average of 37.81, with best figures of 5 for 107.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/32/32106/f_Bowling_by_Team.html |title=First-class Bowling For Each Team by Angus Pollock |website=CricketArchive |accessdate=2019-09-05 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> These figures, which were one of two five wicket hauls he took, came against Worcestershire in 1983.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/43/43680.html |title=Worcestershire v Cambridge University, 1983 |website=CricketArchive |accessdate=2019-09-05 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> A lower-order batsman, he scored 198 runs at a batting average of 9.00 and a high score of 32.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/32/32106/f_Batting_by_Team.html |title=First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Angus Pollock |website=CricketArchive |accessdate=2019-09-05 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> In addition to playing first-class cricket while at Cambridge, he also made six List A one-day appearances for the Combined Universities cricket team, making three appearances apiece in the 1982 and 1983 Benson & Hedges Cup.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/32/32106/List_A_Matches.html |title=List A Matches played by Angus Pollock |website=CricketArchive |accessdate=2019-09-05 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> His sons, Alasdair and Ed, have both played first-class cricket.
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==External links== *{{cricinfo|id=18986}}
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