Richard Evison Lockwood (11 November 1867 – 10 November 1915) was a

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, and professional

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footballer who played in the 1880s, 1890s and 1900s. He played representative level rugby union (RU) for

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from 1887 to 1894,Dicky Lockwood Profile on scrum.com
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in January and February 1894, and

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, and at club level for

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and

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, as a Three-quarter, and club level rugby league (RL) for

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, as a

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, e.g. front row, back row, or lock. Prior to 3 September 1898, Dewsbury was a rugby union club, and prior to the

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, Heckmondwike was also a rugby union club.

Background

Dicky Lockwood was born in

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, England, and he died aged 47 in

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, England.

Biography

Dicky Lockwood was born on 11 November 1867 in

. Dicky Lockwood's marriage was registered during first ¼ 1889 in

district. Dicky Lockwood was the

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of The Queen Hotel, Westgate,

Rugby union

Lockwood made his international début on Saturday 8 January 1887 in

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against

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in the

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. The match was to have been held at

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, which would have been that ground's first international rugby union match. The game was arranged for 8 January and a temporary stand was erected to allow a seating area so the club could charge higher ticket prices; but on the day the English team refused to play on the ground as the pitch was frozen.Godwin (1984), p. 16. The adjacent cricket ground was in better condition, so the match was moved there along with the entire crowd, many members of which were extremely unhappy as they lost their seating area. Of the 14 matches he played for his national side he was on the winning side on 8 occasions. He played his last match for England on Saturday 3 February 1894 at Rectory Field, Blackheath in the

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match.

Rugby league

When Heckmondwike converted from the

code to the

code for the

, Dicky Lockwood had already transferred from Heckmondwike to Wakefield Trinity the previous season, consequently, he only ever played rugby union for Heckmondwike, he played rugby league for Wakefield Trinity at

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from October 1895 finishing in the 1900–01 season, having scored 31- tries, and 60-goals, scoring 222-points for Wakefield Trinity.

References

External links

Biography of Arthur Budd with an England team photograph including Richard LockwoodSearch for "Lockwood" at rugbyleagueproject.org
* (archived by web.archive.org

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