Aaron Lockett
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Aaron Lockett[1] | ||
Date of birth | 1 December 1892 | ||
Place of birth |
Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, England[1] | ||
Date of death | 10 February 1965[1] | (aged 72)||
Place of death |
Bignall End, Staffordshire, England[1] | ||
Position(s) | Centre-forward | ||
Youth career | |||
Wereton Queen's Park | |||
Audley | |||
Kidsgrove Wellington | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1914–1915 | Port Vale | 8 | (4) |
1915–1916 | Audley | 0 | (0) |
1916–1917 | Port Vale | 0 | (0) |
1917 | Audley | 0 | (0) |
1917–1919 | Stoke | 0 | (0) |
1919 | Stafford Rangers | ||
1919–1920 | Port Vale | 9 | (1) |
Audley | |||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Aaron Lockett (1 December 1892 – 10 February 1965) was an English footballer and cricketer. He played football in the Football League for Port Vale, and also appeared for Stoke and Stafford Rangers. He played cricket for Staffordshire between 1920 and 1939.
Football career
Lockett played for Wereton Queen's Park, Audley, and Kidsgrove Wellington, before joining
Cricket career
A right-handed
Playing for Staffordshire allowed him to appear for the combined Minor Counties cricket team. He made his first-class debut for the team against the touring West Indians in 1928. He took the wicket of Frank Martin in the West Indian first innings, and the wicket of Vibart Wight in the second innings. With the bat, he scored 22 in the first innings and 154 in the second. This was a key innings, considering the Minor Counties had been asked to follow-on after being bowled out for 108. His innings boosted the Minor Counties second-innings total to 326, which helped them to a 42-run win.[5] He played a second and final first-class match for the team in 1929 against the touring South Africans, when he was only moderately successful.[6][7] His two first-class matches left him with 197 runs at a batting average of 65.66.[8]
He played as a professional for Oldham in the Central Lancashire League from 1929 to 1940, taking 100 or more wickets in a season five times.[9]
He stood as a first-class umpire in 68 matches from 1948 to 1950.[10]
Career statistics
Source:[11]
Club | Season | Division | League | FA Cup | Total | |||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
Port Vale | 1914–15 | Central League | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 |
1919–20 | Central League | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
1919–20 | Second Division | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | |
Total | 18 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 8 |
Honours
Port Vale
- North Staffordshire Infirmary Cup: 1915
References
- ^ ISBN 0-9529152-0-0.
- ^ "Player profile: Aaron Lockett". CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 June 2011.
- ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Aaron Lockett". CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 June 2011.
- ^ "Presentation to A. Lockett", The Cricketer, 14 May 1949, p. 3.
- ^ "Minor Counties v West Indians, 1928". CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 June 2011.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by Aaron Lockett". CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 June 2011.
- ^ "Minor Counties v South Africans, 1929". CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 June 2011.
- ^ "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Aaron Lockett". CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 June 2011.
- ^ Wisden 1966, p. 969.
- ^ "Aaron Lockett as Umpire in First-Class Matches". CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 June 2011.
- ^ Aaron Lockett at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)