John Lockton
{{short description|English cricketer and footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2023}}
{{Use British English|date=March 2017}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name = John Lockton
| image =
| country =
| fullname = John Henry Lockton{{Cite book |last=Joyce |first=Michael |title=Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939 |date=2012 |publisher=Tony Brown |isbn=978-1905891610 |edition=Third edition, with revisions |location=Toton, Nottingham |page=177}}
| birth_date = {{birth date|1892|5|22|df=y}}
| birth_place = Peckham, England
| death_date = {{death date and age|1972|6|29|1892|5|22|df=y}}
| death_place = Thornton Heath, England
| batting = Right-handed
| bowling = Right-arm fast-medium
| role =
| club1 = Surrey
| year1 = {{nowrap|1919–1926}}
| matches1 = 32
| columns = 1
| column1 = First-class
| runs1 = 409
| bat avg1 = 16.36
| 100s/50s1 = 0/1
| top score1 = 77
| deliveries1 = 4,991
| wickets1 = 78
| bowl avg1 = 26.55
| fivefor1 = 1
| tenfor1 = 0
| best bowling1 = 5/80
| catches/stumpings1 = 26/–
| source = https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/john-lockton-16625 CricInfo
| date = 3 February
| year = 2023
}}
John Henry Lockton (22 May 1892 – 29 June 1972) was an English cricketer and footballer. He played 32 first-class cricket matches for Surrey between 1919 and 1926 and played as an inside left in the Football League for Nottingham Forest.{{Cite web |title=John Lockton |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/16625.html |access-date=13 March 2017 |website=ESPN Cricinfo}}
Personal life
Lockton was educated at Dulwich College and served in the British Armed Forces during the First World War.{{Cite web |title=Nottingham Forest football players served in the First World War |url=https://www.footballandthefirstworldwar.org/nottingham-forest-and-the-first-world-war/ |access-date=18 July 2019 |website=Football and the First World War |language=en}} He taught at St Dunstan's College in Catford for 38 years before retiring in 1952.M. B. Alexander, "J. H. Lockton", The Cricketer, September 1972, p. 33.
Football career statistics
{{Infobox football biography
|position= Inside left
|years1=
|clubs1= London University
|caps1=
|goals1=
|years2= {{0|0000}}–1913
|clubs2= Ilford
|caps2=
|goals2=
|years3= 1914–1915
|clubs3= Nottingham Forest
|caps3= 20
|goals3= 2
|years4=
|clubs4= Casuals
|caps4=
|goals4=
|years5=
|clubs5= Nunhead
|caps5=
|goals5=
}}
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|+Appearances and goals by club, season and competition ! rowspan="2" |Club ! rowspan="2" |Season ! colspan="3" |League ! colspan="2" |FA Cup ! colspan="2" |Total |
Division
!Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals |
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rowspan="2" |Nottingham Forest
|1913–14{{Cite web |title=Johnnie Lockton |url=http://www.thecityground.com/player.php?player_name=Johnnie%20Lockton |access-date=18 July 2019 |website=The City Ground}} | rowspan="2" |Second Division |12 |1 |0 |0 |12 |1 |
1914–15
|8 |1 |2 |1 |10 |2 |
colspan="3" |Career total
!20 !2 !2 !1 !22 !3 |
References
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External links
- {{cricinfo|id=16625}}
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Category:People educated at Dulwich College
Category:Footballers from the London Borough of Southwark
Category:Military personnel from the London Borough of Southwark
Category:English Football League players
Category:British military personnel of World War I
Category:Nottingham Forest F.C. players
Category:Men's association football inside forwards
Category:English men's footballers
Category:20th-century English sportsmen
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