[1] After a couple of seasons of Second XI cricket, and immediately after taking 11 wickets in one such game against Warwickshire II,[2] Ellcock made his full Worcestershire debut in a County Championship match against future employers Middlesex at Worcester at the end of 1982, still only 17 years old.
[3] His next match was against Scotland in the Benson & Hedges Cup at Mannofield Park, the first List A game to be played at the Aberdeen venue.
In 1984 Ellcock picked up 29 first-class wickets, his highest in any one season, but his struggles with fitness meant that he never again approached that figure for Worcestershire.
He matched his List A best with 4/43 versus Nottinghamshire in July in the NatWest Trophy,[8] and a week later recorded his only five-wicket haul when he claimed 5/35 against Yorkshire in the Championship.
Despite evidence of a possibility of improving, such as match figures of 6–110 against Somerset,[11] he was unable to make a success of his comeback and retired in mid-season.