Hubert Lockwood Explained

Hubert Lockwood
Birth Date:26 January 1909
Birth Place:Huddersfield, England
Death Place:Huddersfield, England
Club1:Huddersfield
Year1start:1931
Year1end:34
Club2:Halifax
Year2start:1934
Year2end:46
Appearances2:348
Tries2:6
Goals2:819
Points2:1656
Teama:Yorkshire
Yearastart:1936
Yearaend:38
Appearancesa:3
New:yes
Retired:yes
Source:[1]

Hubert Lockwood (26 January 1909 – 25 May 2005) was an English rugby union and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1930s and 1940s, and cricketer. He played club level rugby union (RU) for Huddersfield R.U.F.C., and representative rugby league (RL) for Yorkshire, and at club level for Huddersfield and Halifax, as a goal-kicking .

Background

Hubert Lockwood was born in Huddersfield, West Riding of Yorkshire, England, he founded a laundry and dry cleaning business with a shop in Elland in 1953, and he died aged 96 at Kirkwood Hospice, Dalton, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England.

Playing career

County Honours

Hubert Lockwood won caps for Yorkshire (RL) while at Halifax.

Challenge Cup Final appearances

Hubert Lockwood played, and scored 4-goals, in Halifax's 20–3 victory over Salford in the 1938–39 Challenge Cup Final during the 1938–39 season at Wembley Stadium, London on Saturday 6 May 1939, in front of a crowd of 55,453, and played in the 10-15 defeat by Leeds in the 1941–42 Challenge Cup Final during the 1941–42 season on Saturday 6 June 1942.[2]

Club career

Hubert Lockwood changed rugby football codes from rugby union to rugby league when he transferred from Huddersfield (RU) to Huddersfield (RL), he transferred from Huddersfield to Halifax on 27 January 1934, he made his dêbut for Halifax on Saturday 27 January 1934, and he played his last match for Halifax on Monday 22 April 1946.

Honoured at Halifax

Hubert Lockwood is a Halifax Hall Of Fame Inductee.[3]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Book: Gronow, David. 100 Greats: Huddersfield Rugby League Football Club. 2008. Stadia. Stroud. 978-0-7524-4584-7. 71.
  2. Irvin Saxton (publish date tbc) "History of Rugby League – № 47 – 1941–42". Rugby Leaguer ISBN n/a
  3. Web site: Halifax RLFC Hall of Fame . halifaxrlfc.co.uk . 31 December 2011 . 1 January 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130910011008/http://www.halifaxrlfc.co.uk/club_information/hall_of_fame . 10 September 2013 .