{{short description|English cricketer (born 1950)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Use British English|date=February 2016}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = | image = | country = England | international = | fullname = Dennis Gordon Lock | nickname = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1950|8|16|df=yes}} | birth_place = Oxford, Oxfordshire, England | heightft = | heightinch = | batting = Right-handed | bowling = Right-arm medium | role = | family = | club1 = Oxfordshire | year1 = 1972–1977 | clubnumber1 = | columns = 1 | column1 = List A | matches1 = 2 | runs1 = 0 | bat avg1 = 0.00 | 100s/50s1 = –/– | top score1 = 0 | deliveries1 = 114 | wickets1 = 5 | bowl avg1 = 11.40 | fivefor1 = – | tenfor1 = – | best bowling1 = 3/44 | catches/stumpings1 = –/– | date = 24 May | year = 2011 | source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/16722.html Cricinfo }}
'''Dennis Gordon Lock''' (born 16 August 1950) is a former English cricketer. Lock was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born in Oxford, Oxfordshire.
Lock made his debut for Oxfordshire in the 1972 Minor Counties Championship against Dorset. Lock played Minor counties cricket for Oxfordshire from 1972 to 1977 which included 24 Minor Counties Championship matches.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/34/34717/Minor_Counties_Championship_Matches.html|title=Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Dennis Lock|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=24 May 2011}}</ref> He made his List A debut against Cornwall in the 1975 Gillette Cup. In this match he took the wickets of Christopher Chaplin and Michael Snowdon for the cost of 13 runs from 8 overs.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/35/35281.html|title=Oxfordshire v Cornwall, 1975 Gillette Cup|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=24 May 2011}}</ref> He played a further List A match against Gloucester in the 2nd round of the same competition.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/34/34717/List_A_Matches.html|title=List A Matches played by Dennis Lock|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=24 May 2011}}</ref> In his second match, he took 3 wickets for the cost of 44 runs from 11 overs. With the bat he was dismissed for a duck by Sadiq Mohammad.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/35/35374.html|title=Gloucestershire v Oxfordshire, 1975 Gillette Cup|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=24 May 2011}}</ref> In total, he took 5 wickets at a bowling average of 11.40.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/34/34717/a_Bowling_by_Team.html|title=List A Bowling For Each Team by Dennis Lock|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=24 May 2011}}</ref>
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==External links== *[http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/16722.html Dennis Lock] at ESPNcricinfo *[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/34/34717/34717.html Dennis Lock] at CricketArchive
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lock, Dennis}} Category:1950 births Category:Living people Category:Cricketers from Oxford Category:English cricketers Category:Oxfordshire cricketers Category:20th-century English sportsmen