Richard Lockwood (rugby)
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| Full name | Richard Evison Lockwood | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 11 November 1867 Crigglestone, Wakefield, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 10 November 1915 (aged 47) Leeds, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Three-quarters | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Richard Evison Lockwood (11 November 1867 – 10 November 1915) was a rugby union, and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1880s, 1890s and 1900s. He played representative level rugby union (RU) for England from 1887 to 1894, and was captain in January and February 1894, and Yorkshire, and at club level for Dewsbury and Heckmondwike, as a Three-quarter, and club level rugby league (RL) for Wakefield Trinity, as a Forward, e.g. front row, back row, or lock. Prior to 3 September 1898, Dewsbury was a rugby union club, and prior to the 1896–97 Northern Rugby Football Union season, Heckmondwike was also a rugby union club.