# Dennis Lock

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{{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](/source/Oxford), Oxfordshire, England
|            heightft = 
|          heightinch = 
|             batting = Right-handed
|             bowling = Right-arm [medium](/source/Seam_bowling)
|                role = 
|              family = 
|               club1 = [Oxfordshire](/source/Oxfordshire_County_Cricket_Club)
|               year1 = 1972–1977
|         clubnumber1 = 
|             columns = 1
|             column1 = [List A](/source/List_A_cricket)
|            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 [cricket](/source/cricket)er.  Lock was a right-handed [batsman](/source/batsman_(cricket)) who bowled right-arm [medium pace](/source/Seam_bowling).  He was born in [Oxford](/source/Oxford), Oxfordshire.

Lock made his debut for [Oxfordshire](/source/Oxfordshire_County_Cricket_Club) in the 1972 [Minor Counties Championship](/source/Minor_Counties_Championship) against [Dorset](/source/Dorset_County_Cricket_Club).  Lock played [Minor counties](/source/Minor_counties_of_English_and_Welsh_cricket) 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](/source/List_A_cricket) debut against [Cornwall](/source/Cornwall_County_Cricket_Club) in the [1975 Gillette Cup](/source/1975_Gillette_Cup).  In this match he took the wickets of [Christopher Chaplin](/source/Christopher_Chaplin_(cricketer)) and [Michael Snowdon](/source/Michael_Snowdon) for the cost of 13 runs from 8 [overs](/source/over_(cricket)).<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](/source/Gloucestershire_County_Cricket_Club) 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](/source/duck_(cricket)) by [Sadiq Mohammad](/source/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](/source/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>

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/16722.html Dennis Lock] at [ESPNcricinfo](/source/ESPNcricinfo)
*[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/34/34717/34717.html Dennis Lock] at CricketArchive

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Category:1950 births
Category:Living people
Category:Cricketers from Oxford
Category:English cricketers
Category:Oxfordshire cricketers
Category:20th-century English sportsmen

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