 Lock would have a chequered tour; taking only 5 wickets (75.20) in the Tests, but 28 wickets (21.32) in the other First Class games.Ironically his faster ball that became embroiled him in the throwing controversy proved to be ineffective in the Tests.In the 1962–63 tour Lock would not be taken, but joined Western Australia and was instrumental in their defeat of the MCC and their rise in Sheffield Shield cricket.