| Fullname: | John Stuart Pollock |
| Birth Date: | 5 June 1920 |
| Birth Place: | Belfast, Northern Ireland |
| Death Place: | Downpatrick, Northern Ireland |
| Family: | William Pollock (father) |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Bowling: | Right-arm off break |
| Club1: | Marylebone Cricket Club |
| Year1: | 1954 - 1957 |
| Club2: | Ireland |
| Year2: | 1939 - 1957 |
| Columns: | 1 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 23 |
| Runs1: | 1,036 |
| Bat Avg1: | 25.26 |
| 100S/50S1: | 1/4 |
| Top Score1: | 129 |
| Deliveries1: | 6 |
| Wickets1: | 0 |
| Bowl Avg1: | – |
| Fivefor1: | – |
| Tenfor1: | – |
| Best Bowling1: | – |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 17/– |
| Date: | 2 October |
| Year: | 2018 |
| Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/24493.html Cricinfo |
John Stuart Pollock (5 June 1920 – 1 February 2017) was an Irish first-class cricketer and cricket administrator.
Born at Belfast in June 1920, Pollock was the son of the cricketer William Pollock.[1] He was educated at Campbell College.[1]
Pollock made his debut in first-class cricket in 1939, when Ireland played Scotland at Dublin.[2]
He resumed playing first-class cricket after World War II, touring England in 1947 when he played in both first-class matches on the tour against Derbyshire and Yorkshire.[2] He featured in first-class cricket until 1958, playing a total of 23 matches; twenty of these came for Ireland, with Pollock also playing two matches for the Marylebone Cricket Club and one for the Free Foresters.[2] Recognised as one of the best batsman in Ireland during this period,[1] he scored 1,036 runs in first-class cricket at an average of 25.26, and a high score of 129, which was his only first-class century.[3] He played his club cricket for the North of Ireland Cricket Club,[1] who he played for into the 1960s, eventually retiring from playing due to a bad back.[4]
He remained active in Irish cricket following his retirement. He was President of the Irish Cricket Union in 1980, a role in which he was described as "much travelled, popular and successful."[1] Outside of cricket, Pollock was a competent golfer and squash player, and worked as director in the family timber business.[1] [4]
Pollock died at Downpatrick in February 2017, and was at the time of his death the last surviving Irish cricketer to have played first-class cricket before the war.[1]