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=

}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"

|+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

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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