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Arthur Lockett

Stoke FC

 1 appearance, 0 goals

P 1 W 1 D 0 L 0 F 4: A 0
100% successful
1903

captain: none
minutes played: 90

Timeline
  Arthur Lockett
Birth Sunday, 11 March 1877 in Alsagers Bank, Audley, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire
  registered in Newcastle-under-Lyme April-June 1877
Baptism Wednesday, 20 June 1877 in Holy Trinity Church, Chesterton
 

According to the 1881 census, Arthur is the fourth of five children to William and Hannah (née Lovatt), living at Alsagers Bank in Audley. His father is a coal miner.
 

According to the 1891 census, Arthur, now a coal miner too, has two more sisters, but remains one of six children still at home at Alsagers Bank.
 

According to the 1901 census, Arthur, a 24 year-old professional footballer, is just one of two children still at home at Alsagers Bank with their parents.
Marriage to Bertha Gwilliam, on Tuesday, 22 July 1902 at St. John's Church, Alsagers Bank in Staffordshire
  registered in Newcastle-under-Lyme July-September 1902
Children
43378		 Arthur and Bertha Lockett had six children together. Arthur William (b.12 June 1903), Richard Thomas (b.12 December 1904), Ena Alice (b.25 April 1906), Irene (b.3 October 1907), Alice (b.19 February 1909) and Lilian (b.11 August 1912)

His father, Will, died in late 1904, his mother shortly after in early 1906.
At the time of Richard's baptism, 18 January 1905, the family are living at 102 Wenlock Road in Handsworth.
According to the 1911 census, Arthur, 34, remains a professional footballer, now married to Bertha. They have five children, Arthur, Richard, Eva, Irene and Alice. They live at 51 Durban Road East in Watford.

Lockett was recruited by the army and was a private in the West Riding Regiment and with the Royal Engineers, his address is stated as 5 Wood Street in Mardy.
According to the 1921 census, Arthur, now a coal mine hewer, is still married, and they have one more daughter, Lilian, and along with her five older siblings, they all still live at 5 Wood Street in Maerdy in the Rhondda Valley.
According to the 1939 register, Arthur, a general labourer, is still married to Bertha, and they are one of three families living at 164 Lancaster Road in Kensington.
"Old Player




Death		 ...There has been no keener spectator at the opening home games at Vale Park and the Victoria Ground this season than Mr. Arthur Lockett, the old Stoke City footballer and English international, who is on a visit to his niece, Mrs. A. Johnson, at Audley from his home in Tooting, London. At 78, he is one of the oldest surviving City players, but his looks and vigour belie his years." - Staffordshire Weekly Sentinel, Friday, 2 September 1959
Thursday, 5 March 1959 at Garrett Terrace in Tooting, Surrey.
"Mr. Arthur Lockett, a former Stoke City, Crewe Alexandra, Aston Villa and Preston player, has died in London at the age of 81. He was capped for England against Ireland." - Staffordshire Weekly Sentinel, Friday, 13 March 1959
aged 81 years 359 days registered as Arthur W. in Wandsworth January-March 1959

Obituary
"DEATH OF OLD STOKE CITY FOOTBALLER
"Many Stoke and Alsagers Bank people who remember one of Stoke's former footballers, Mr. Arthur Lockett, will regret to hear of his death, on Thursday of last week, at his home in Garrett-terrace, Totting. He would have been 82 on Wednesday. Each year, he had paid regular visits to his relatives at Alsagers Bank of which he was a native. He began work at the Podmore Hall Colliery and played football for the local team. As a professional, he played with Crewe Alexandra in the season of 1898-9. In 1900 he joined Stoke City and became a noted outside-left. He ascribed his football powers to the encouragement given him by J. Bradley. While with Stoke, he played with T. Holford, for England against Ireland at Wolverhampton. Later he was transferred to Aston Villa and was again 'capped' against Ireland at Bradford [ed:- erm! no he wasn't]. He subsequently had three seasons with Preston becoming manager of the Mardy Club. In the 1914-18 war he saw considerable service in France. Later he took employment in London until he retired at the age of 72." - Evening Sentinel, Tuesday, 10 March 1959/Staffordshire Weekly Sentinel, Friday, 13 March 1959
  Bertha Lockett died in Tooting on 22 June 1967

Source

Douglas Lammings' An English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] &

Playing Career
Club(s) Played for Alsagers Bank FC and Crewe Alexandra FC before he signed for Stoke FC on 1 May 1900. Aston Villa FC signed Lockett on 17 April 1903 for £400. He then joined Preston North End FC in September 1905, before he joined Watford FC in 1908 until 1912.

League honours
170 appearances 18 goals		 Stoke FC 1900-03 65 appearances, eight goals
debut: 1 September 1900 Aston Villa FC 2 Stoke FC 0.
Aston Villa FC 1903-05 41 appearances, five goals
debut: 27 April 1903 Aston Villa FC 5 Middlesbrough FC 0.
Preston North End FC 1905-08 64 appearances, five goals
debut: 2 September 1905 Birmingham FC 1 Preston North End FC 1.
last: 25 January 1908 Woolwich Arsenal FC 1 Preston North End FC 1.
Club honours Football League Division One runners-up 1902-03 (1ᵃ), 1905-06 (32ᵃ 4ᵍ);
FA Cup winners 1904-05 (0ᵃ)
Individual honours Football League (one appearance)
Distinctions None
Height/Weight 5' 8", 11st. 7lbs [1903], 5' 7⅛" 10st. 0lbs [1917]

Source

Douglas Lammings' An English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990].

England Career
Player number One of seven who became the 278th player (284) to appear for England.
Position(s) Outside-left
Only match No. 77, 14 February 1903, England 4 Ireland 0, a British Championship match at Molineux, Waterloo Road North, St. Peter's, Wolverhampton, aged 25 years 340 days.
Major tournaments British Championship 1902-03;
Team honours British Championship shared 1902-03;
Individual honours None
Distinctions Died a day after Tom Bromilow

Beyond England
Despite attracting sizable transfer fee's...very little is known about Lockett after his Watford days. - An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who. Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.159.


The Numbers
parties Appearances comp. apps minutes captain
1 1 1 90 0 none
The minutes here given can only ever be a guideline and cannot therefore be accurate, only an approximation.
P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
1 1 0 0 4 0 +4 0 1 4 0 100 +1
His only match was at a home venue and in the British Championship competition

Tournament Record

British Championship Competition
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
BC 1902-03 1 1 0 0 4 0 +4 0 1 4.00 0.00 100.0 +1
BC All 1 1 0 0 4 0 +4 0 1 4.00 0.00 100.0 +1

All Competition
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
BC 1 1 0 0 4 0 +4 0 1 4.00 0.00 100.0 +1
1 1 0 0 4 0 +4 0 1 4 0 100 +1

Match History

 Club: Stoke F.C. - one full appearance (90 min) F.A. International Select Committee - one full appearance (90 min)x

apps match match details comp res. rundown pos

Age 25
1 77 14 February 1903 - England 4 Ireland 0
Molineux, Wolverhampton		 BC HW 19 ol
 

one of seven who became the 278th player (284) to appear for England
one of two to become the ninth Stoke FC player to represent England

  

 
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