Ephraim Lockwood - Citizendia

Ephraim Lockwood (4 April 1845 - 19 December 1921) was an English cricketer and captain of Yorkshire County Cricket Club in the 1876 and 1877 seasons. Events 1581 - Francis Drake completes a circumnavigation of the world and is knighted by Elizabeth I. Year 1845 ( MDCCCXLV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 324 - Licinius abdicates his position as Roman Emperor. Year 1921 ( MCMXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1921 calendar of the Gregorian calendar Cricket is a bat-and-ball team Sport that originated in England and is now played in more than 100 countries Yorkshire County Cricket Club, who represent the historic county of Yorkshire, are one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English domestic Cricket

Lockwood was born at Lascelles Hall, Huddersfield, Yorkshire. Huddersfield ( is a large Market town within the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, in West Yorkshire, England, 190 miles (306km north He was a right-handed batsman, right-arm slow-medium roundarm bowler and occasional wicket-keeper.

Lockwood played in 328 matches from 1868 to 1884, 213 of them for his native Yorkshire. He also appeared for Nottinghamshire and Yorkshire (1872-1883), North of England (1869-1883), United North of England Eleven (1870-1879), Players of the North (1873-1880), All England Eleven (1876), The Players (1869-1883), England (1874-1878), Gloucestershire and Yorkshire (1877), England XI (1879-1884), R Daft's American XI (1880), Over 30 (1880-1881), T Emmett's XI (1881-1883), Lord Sheffield's XI (1881), A Shaw's XI (1882), Lancashire and Yorkshire (1883) and the Rest of England (1883) in first class cricket. That he failed to appear is Test cricket is explained by the fact that Test matches only began, in 1877, towards the end of his career. He did go on one tour, to North America, in 1879.

He scored 12,512 runs in 569 innings at 23. 60. He made 8 centuries, with his highest score of 208* coming against Kent CCC. Kent County Cricket Club is one of the 18 first class county county cricket clubs which make up the English domestic Cricket structure representing He made 8 centuries in all on the difficult wickets of the time and 60 fifties. He took 232 catches and made 3 stumpings on his infrequent forays behind the timbers. He took 207 known wickets at 16. 78 with a best analysis of 7 for 35 against the United South of England Eleven, when he also took 10 wickets in the match. He took 5 wickets in an innings on 7 occasions in total. Lockwood was famously the "sober" member of the Yorkshire team during the 1870s when it was colloquially known as "ten drunks and a parson" as Lockwood was a lay preacher and a man of temperant habits. His team mates, in contrast, were notoriously fond of their beer, but this indulgence was abruptly discontinued after the stern Lord Hawke became club captain in 1883. Lord Hawke redirects here For other holders of the title see Baron Hawke Martin Bladen Hawke 7th Baron Hawke ( Gainsborough 16

His brother, Henry Lockwood, also played 16 times for Yorkshire and his cousin John Thewlis and uncle [[John Thewlis snr also played for Yorkshire and he was related to the cricketing were related to the Eastwood and Bates families who also lived at Lescelles Hall. Henry Lockwood was a first class cricketer who played 16 matches for Yorkshire County Cricket Club between 1877 and 1882 He was a loom weaver in his youth but became a professional cricketer, at first in league cricket with Kirkburton in 1864 and then Meltham Mills and Lockwood before being engaged by Cheetham Hill, Manchester in 1868 when he also made his Yorkshire debute. After he retired from playing in 1884, he ran a sports outfitting shop for ten years in Huddersfield at 18 West Parade.

References

External source

CricketArchive

References

External source

Further reading