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.

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]

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