William Lockwood (Australian cricketer)
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| Full name | William Thomas Lockwood | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 26 June 1868 Geelong, Victoria | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 29 August 1953 (aged 85) Tuart Hill, Western Australia, Australia | ||||||||||||||
| Role | Batsman | ||||||||||||||
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| 1899 | Western Australia | ||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 7 January 2013 | |||||||||||||||
William Thomas Lockwood (26 June 1868 – 29 August 1953) was an Australian cricketer who played a single first-class match for Western Australia during the 1898–99 season.
Born in Geelong, Victoria, Lockwood emigrated to Perth, Western Australia, sometime in the late 19th century.[1] In grade cricket matches, he played for the West Perth Cricket Club, where he was a leading batsman. Lockwood's only match at first-class level came against South Australia, during its tour of Western Australia at the end of the 1898–99 season.[2] In the match, played at the WACA Ground in early April 1899, Lockwood opened the batting with Arthur Hoskings in both innings, recording a duck in the first innings and 21 runs in the second innings.[3] In the first innings, he was particularly troubled by the bowling of future Test cricketer Joe Travers, who eventually had him caught at point by Fred Hack.[4] Lockwood's second innings produced a notable incident. He hit a ball from Robert Homburg to square leg and ran five runs, and then completed another two runs from an overthrow. He and Hoskings thus ran seven runs off a single ball,[5] in total combining for a 39-run opening partnership before Lockwood was dismissed by Victor Hugo.[3]
Although not playing at state level again, Lockwood remained involved in cricket well into the early decades of the 1900s, and played in a veterans' match as late as April 1930, which included former teammate Ted Bishop.[6] He died at the Hawthorn Hospital, in Mount Hawthorn (a suburb of Perth), in August 1953.[7]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ William Lockwood – CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 January 2013.
- ^ First-class matches played by William Lockwood (1) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 January 2013.
- ^ a b Western Australia v South Australia, Other first-class matches in Australia 1898/99 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 January 2013.
- ^ "INTERCOLONIAL CRICKET: SOUTH AUSTRALIA V. WESTERN AUSTRALIA" – The West Australian. Published 5 April 1899.
- ^ "SECOND DAY'S PLAY" – The Inquirer & Commercial News. Published 7 April 1899.
- ^ "VETERANS' ANNUAL CRICKET MATCH AT THE W.A.C.A. GROUND" – The West Australian. Published 3 April 1930.
- ^ "DEATHS" – The West Australian. Published 31 August 1953.
