Geoffrey Dymock was born on 21 July 1945 and is an Australian former international cricketer.
27 Facts About Geoff Dymock
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Geoff Dymock played in 21 Test matches and 15 One Day Internationals between 1974 and 1980.
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Geoff Dymock 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.
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Geoff Dymock would have played more Tests for Australia in an era less blessed with fast-bowling talent.
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Geoff Dymock made his test debut that summer against New Zealand, in the third test in Adelaide, replacing Tony Dell.
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Geoff Dymock took 20 wickets at 16.8 early in the summer including five wickets against the touring English side.
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Geoff Dymock took 46 first class wickets at 23.95 that summer.
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Geoff Dymock was picked for the 6th test, when Jeff Thomson was injured.
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Geoff Dymock was offered the chance to play cricket in Tasmania but turned it down when he was offered sponsorship from radio station 4IP.
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Geoff Dymock took 15 first wickets at 31.20 on tour but was the only pace bowler who did not play a test.
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Geoff Dymock was picked to play for Australia for the second test.
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Geoff Dymock did replace Rodney Hogg for the ODIs against England.
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Geoff Dymock scored his highest first class score, 67, in a Shield game.
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Geoff Dymock was selected on the 1979 World Cup and the following tour of India.
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Geoff Dymock became the third bowler in Test cricket's history to dismiss all 11 opposition batsmen after Jim Laker and second being Srinivas Venkataraghavan.
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Geoff Dymock took 32 first class wickets at 23.06 in India.
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Geoff Dymock was expected to lose his spot in the Australian side to returning World Series bowlers like Denis Lillee, Jeff Thomson and Len Pascoe.
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Geoff Dymock took 33 first class wickets that summer at 33.60 but was overlooked at test level in favour of Lillee, Hogg, Geoff Lawson and Len Pascoe.
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Geoff Dymock was Queensland's captain in the absence of Greg Chappell.
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Geoff Dymock signed for a private cricket tour of South Africa, then under apartheid rule, but the Australian Cricket Board objected and the tour was cancelled.
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Geoff Dymock was one of 18 players under contract to the ACB at the time.
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Geoff Dymock had just moved to Samford in Brisbane, a considerable distance away from the city and was concerned this would hamper his ability to train and play.
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Geoff Dymock's bowling was less effective, earning 22 wickets at 41.77.
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Geoff Dymock retired from first class cricket at the end of the season.
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Geoff Dymock was awarded a Medal for the Order of Australia in 1983 and unsuccessfully ran for the Queensland Electoral district of Ashgrove for the Australian Labor Party.
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Geoff Dymock was state squad manager for Queensland, and assistant manager on the 1984 tour of the West Indies and the 1985 tour of England.
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In 2006, Geoff Dymock attempted to auction off his baggy green cap but it did not attract the reserve price.