Geoff Dymock

Geoffrey Dymock (born 21 July 1945) is an Australian former international cricketer.

Dymock made his first class debut in 1971–72.

A highlight was 4–34 against South Australia.

The following season he took 24 wickets at 26.08.

He had a very strong domestic season in 1973–74 with 51 wickets at 19.88.

He made his test debut that summer against New Zealand, in the third test in Adelaide, replacing Tony Dell.

Australia's selectors were trialling many new players and Dymock debuted alongside Alan Hurst and Ashley Woodcock; he took 2-44 and 5-58 and Australia won by an innings and 57 runs.

He played in 21 Test matches and 15 One Day Internationals between 1974 and 1980.

On his debut, he took five wickets in the second innings against New Zealand in Adelaide in 1974.

He was the third bowler to dismiss all eleven opposition players in a Test match, and remains one of only six bowlers to have achieved this.

Dymock was picked on the 1974 tour of New Zealand.

In the first test he took 3-77.

Things were harder in the second test, Dymock going for 3-59 and 0-84; his second innings effort was considered particularly disappointing as New Zealand won their first test against Australia.

Dymock was dropped for the third test.

Dymock began the 1974–75 season as a front-runner for test selection.

He took 20 wickets at 16.8 early in the summer including five wickets against the touring English side.

However the selectors preferred Lillee, Jeff Thomson and Max Walker.

Dymock took 46 first class wickets at 23.95 that summer.

He was picked for the 6th test, when Jeff Thomson was injured.

Dymock went for 1-130 as Australia lost by an innings.

Dymock had a slower season in 1975–76 with 22 wickets at 31.86, and could not force his way into the test team past Lillee, Thomson, Walker and Gary Gilmour.

However the following summer he took 34 wickets at 24.65, including 5–24 against South Australia, earning him a spot on the 1977 Ashes in place of Gilmour.

While in England, it was revealed he was one of our four tour members who had not been offered a spot with World Series Cricket.

He was offered the chance to play cricket in Tasmania but turned it down when he was offered sponsorship from radio station 4IP (who were also sponsoring Gary Cosier and Thomson).

Dymock took 15 first wickets at 31.20 on tour but was the only pace bowler who did not play a test..

Dymock was ignored for national selection during the 1977-78 summer, not picked to play any tests against the touring Indian side and overlooked for the tour of the West Indies.

However he began the 1978–79 series well, with 5–45 against Victoria.

Dymock was picked to play for Australia for the second test.

He took 1-72 and 1-53.

He had a better game in the third, taking 3-38 and 2–37 in a rare Australian victory.

The fourth test brought him returns of 0-34 and 0-35.

He lost his spot for the fifth test.

He did replace Rodney Hogg for the ODIs against England.

In the second one his 2-21 helped win Australia the game and won Dymock a Man of the Match award.

He scored his highest first class score, 67, in a Shield game.

He was back in the test team for the second test against Pakistan, taking 3-65 and 1–72 in an Australian victory.

"Geoff Dymock would have played more Tests for Australia in an era less blessed with fast-bowling talent. As it was, he probably exceeded his own expectations when, sporting a bushranger's beard at the age of 34 in 1979-80, he wheeled down his left-arm seamers manfully in India, and against England and West Indies at home. No bowler, too, was so tireless a trier in the years when Queensland seemed likelier to win the FA Cup than the Sheffield Shield."

He was also selected on the 1979 World Cup and the following tour of India.

Dymock captained the Queensland cricket team for 9 matches between 1980 and 1982.

In the words of Gideon Haigh