Rock was a fast bowler who played for Barbados at a time when the leading Barbadian fast bowlers were the West Indies Test opening pair Wesley Hall and Charlie Griffith.
[2] After 1961–62 he did not play for Barbados again until 1968–69, when Hall and Griffith were touring Australia.
That season he was one of the most successful bowlers in the Shell Shield, with 18 wickets at an average of 16.05, including 3 for 80 and 6 for 18 against Trinidad.
[3][4] Rock studied radio announcing in New York City in 1965.
[7] In the 1970s, Rock relocated to Bermuda where he played club cricket for Bailey's Bay in the Eastern Counties league.