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| Full name | Richard Evison Lockwood | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 11 November 1867 Crigglestone,Wakefield, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 10 November 1915(1915-11-10) (aged 47) Leeds, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Richard Evison Lockwood (11 November 1867[1] – 10 November 1915[2]) was arugby union, and professionalrugby league footballer who played in the 1880s, 1890s and 1900s. He played representative level rugby union (RU) forEngland from 1887 to 1894,[3] and wascaptain in January and February 1894,[3] andYorkshire,[4] and at club level forDewsbury andHeckmondwike, as aThree-quarter, and club level rugby league (RL) forWakefield Trinity,[5] as aForward, e.g. front row, back row, or lock. Prior to 3 September 1898, Dewsbury was a rugby union club, and prior to the1896–97 Northern Rugby Football Union season, Heckmondwike was also a rugby union club.
Dicky Lockwood was born inCrigglestone,Wakefield,West Riding of Yorkshire, England, and he died aged 47 inLeeds,West Riding of Yorkshire, England.
Dicky Lockwood was born on 11 November 1867 inCrigglestone.[3] Dicky Lockwood's marriage was registered during first ¼ 1889 inDewsbury district.[6] Dicky Lockwood was thelandlord of The Queen Hotel, Westgate,Heckmondwike.[7]
Lockwood made his international début on Saturday 8 January 1887 inLlanelli againstWales in the1887 Home Nations Championship.[3] The match was to have been held atStradey Park, 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.[8] 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.[3]He played his last match for England on Saturday 3 February 1894 atRectory Field, Blackheath in theEngland vsIreland match.[3]
When Heckmondwike converted from therugby union code to therugby league code for the1896–97 Northern Rugby Football Union season, 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 atcentre from October 1895 finishing in the1900–01 season, having scored 31-tries, and 60-goals, scoring 222-points for Wakefield Trinity.
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| Preceded by | Captain England (RU) Jan-Feb 1894 | Succeeded by |