U-Robert Graeme Pollock wayengumdlali wekhilikithi owayedabuka eNingizimu Afrika, ethathwa njengomdlali wekhilikithi omkhulu kunabo bonke owake wadlala lo mdlalo. Wazalwa, ngoFebhuwari 27, 1944, uthathwa njengomdlali wekhilikithi omkhulu kunabo bonke owake wadlala lo mdlalo. Emile ngamamitha ama-6 amayintshi ama-intshi amabili, u-Pollock wayaziwa ngesikhathi sakhe esihle kakhulu ngokuma okuqondile kokushaya. Uthathwa futhi njengomunye wabagadli abahamba phambili abangakwesokunxele umdlalo owake wabona.
U-Pollock ube ngumklami wemiklomelo eminingi kanye nezindondo, kufaka phakathi ukuvotelwa ngonyaka we-1999 njengo-Cricketer waseNingizimu Afrika we-20th Century, ongomunye wabadlali be-Cricketer of the Year e-Wisden ngo-1966, futhi waphinde waqokwa ngo-2007 njenge-Wisden Leading Cricketer Emhlabeni ngo-1967 nango-1969. ENingizimu Afrika waba ngumdlali wonyaka ngo-1961 nango-1984, ehlonishwa ngokukhethekile kuma-SA Cricket ngonyaka ka-1977 nango-1987.
Wangena emhlabeni we-Test Cricket eneminyaka engu-19 ngenkathi eqokelwa ukuvakasha e-Australia ngo-1963-6. Ukusebenza kwakhe ezivivinyweni ezimbili zokuqala zochungechunge kwakungekuhle. Ngokushesha uPollock uzibonakalise elusizo eqenjini. U-Pollock wayeneminyaka engu-26 kuphela ubudala ngenkathi umsebenzi wakhe we-Test usufike esiphethweni ngokungazelelwe ngesikhathi iNingizimu Afrika ixoshwa kukhilikithi yomhlaba ngemuva nje kwalesi sigameko.U-Pollock kanye nabaseNingizimu Afrika kwakumele badlale neNgilandi ekhaya ngo-1968–69, kepha isimo esasishubile esivela enqubweni yobandlululo kahulumeni waseNingizimu Afrika yafika lapho kukhethwa u-Basil D’Oliveira owazalelwa eNingizimu Afrika – ozalweni lwaseKapa lwamaKhaladi. Iqembu laseNgilandi elijikelezayo lizothatha indawo ka-Tom Cartwright olimele. Umdlalo wabo wokugcina ubudlala ne-Australia.
Wathatha umhlalaphansi ngokugcwele kukhilikithi ngo-1988 futhi wazibandakanya ngokuphelele ekuphathweni kwekhilikithi. Phakathi kwezikhundla abebambe kuzo kubalwa: Owayekhetha iqembu noMkhandlu we-Tricket weTransvaal, uMongameli we-South African Cricket Players Association kanye nokuhlola uSelector we-United Cricket Board. Ngo-2003 wakhethwa ukwethula izindondo zemidlalo ku-Cricket World Cup eyayiseGoli.
Umsebenzi ka-Pollock uthathe cishe iminyaka engamashumi amathathu futhi ubungomunye wemisebenzi yekhilikithi ephumelele kakhulu eNingizimu Afrika. Amaphuzu avelele nempumelelo yakhe ibandakanya ukuba ngumuntu omncane waseNingizimu Afrika ukushaya ikhulu lokuqala ebangeni leminyaka engu-16, umncane kunabo bonke baseNingizimu Afrika ukushaya ikhulu leminyaka kabili kukhilikithi yebanga lokuqala eneminyaka engu-19 kanye nomncane kunabo bonke eNingizimu Afrika ukuthola ikhulu leminyaka lokuhlola iminyaka engu-19. Leli rekhodi lisamile namanje. Ngo-2009 wangeniswa e-ICC Hall of Fame njengomunye wabadlali abangu-55 bokuqala ukuhlonishwa.