Hubert Lockwood

Hubert Lockwood

File:Hubert Lockwood - Halifax.jpeg
Personal information
Born	26 January 1909 Huddersfield, England
Died	25 May 2005(2005-05-25) (aged 96) Huddersfield, England
Playing information
Position	Fullback
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 1931–34 Huddersfield 1934–46 Halifax 348 6 816 2 1654 Total 348 6 816 2 1654 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 1936–38 Yorkshire 3 0 7 0 14
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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 fullback.

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 fullback, and scored four 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 fullback in the 10-15 defeat by Leeds in the 1941–42 Challenge Cup Final during the 1941–42 season on Saturday 6 June 1942.

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.

External links

• Obituary - Hubert Lockwood
• Challenge Cup winner and RL stalwart
• Glory day for the Fax
• Rugby League: Thrum Hall tradition ends after 112 years
• Dave Fleming's Blast from the Past
• Hall of Fame Archived 26 February 2016 at the Wayback Machine
• John Lockwood
• Fifties Glamour Marks Half Century