Career
He also played first-class cricket with Hampshire. The defender may or may not have captained England in their 1896 encounter with Ireland. Primary sources give the captaincy to either Gilbert Smith, George Raikes or Lodge.
At club level, Lodge played for both Cambridge University and the Corinthians.
In 1896, Small Heath F.C. persuaded him to play for them. To their disappointment, teaching commitments at Harris Hill School in Newbury restricted him to a single appearance, on 29 February 1896 in a 2–1 defeat of Blackburn Rovers in the First Division of the Football League.
Described as "a powerfully-built back of the old school brigade", he was reliable both at kicking the ball and at tackling. He was a decent cricketer too, appearing in three first-class matches for Hampshire, all in 1900.
He also played in the Minor Counties Championship for Durham.
Lodge was born in Aycliffe, near Darlington, in County Durham. He died in Burbage, Derbyshire, aged 43, in unexplained circumstances, being found drowned in a pool.
