David Rock

David John Rock (born 20 April 1957) is an English former first-class cricketer who played county cricket for Hampshire in the mid-to-late 1970s.

Cricket career Rock was born at Southsea in April 1957. He was educated at The Portsmouth Grammar School. He began his association with Hampshire in 1974, initially playing in the Second XI Championship. He established himself in the Hampshire side in the 1977 County Championship, making eleven appearances; Later in the season at Basingstoke, he scored a second century against Nottinghamshire.

Rock was unable to replicate his form during the 1978 season, and was dropped from the County Championship team early in the season. He returned to the Hampshire side against the touring Pakistanis, following injuries and the unavailability of regular players, Alongside seven first-class appearances in 1978, making one century against Warwickshire at Nuneaton. In eighteen one-day matches, he scored 286 runs at an average of 19.06, with two half centuries and a highest score of 68.