William Lockwood (Australian cricketer)

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.

William Lockwood

Personal information
Full name	William Thomas Lockwood
Born	(1868-06-26)26 June 1868 Geelong, Victoria
Died	29 August 1953(1953-08-29) (aged 85) Tuart Hill, Western Australia, Australia
Role	Batsman
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1899	Western Australia
Career statistics
Competition FC Matches 1 Runs scored 21 Batting average 10.50 100s/50s 0/0 Top score 21 Catches/stumpings 0/-
Source: CricketArchive, 7 January 2013

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

• List of Western Australia first-class cricketers

References

1. William Lockwood – CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 January 2013.
2. First-class matches played by William Lockwood (1) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 January 2013.
3. Western Australia v South Australia, Other first-class matches in Australia 1898/99 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 January 2013.
4. "INTERCOLONIAL CRICKET: SOUTH AUSTRALIA V. WESTERN AUSTRALIA" – The West Australian. Published 5 April 1899.
5. "SECOND DAY'S PLAY" – The Inquirer & Commercial News. Published 7 April 1899.
6. "VETERANS' ANNUAL CRICKET MATCH AT THE W.A.C.A. GROUND" – The West Australian. Published 3 April 1930.
7. "DEATHS" – The West Australian. Published 31 August 1953.