Career
Prior to 3 September 1898, Dewsbury was a rugby union club, and prior to the 1896-1897 Northern Rugby Football Union season, Heckmondwike was also a rugby union club Dicky Lockwood was born on 11 November 1867 in Crigglestone. Dicky Lockwood"s marriage was registered during January→March 1889 in Dewsbury district.
Dicky Lockwood was the Landlord of The Queen Hotel, Westgate, Heckmondwike.
Lockwood made his international debut on Saturday 8 January 1887 in Llanelli against Wales in the 1887 Home Nations Championship. The match was to have been held at Stradey Park, which would have been that ground"s first international rugby union match.
The game was arranged for 8 January and a temporary stand was erected to allow a seating area so the club could charge higher ticket prices. But on the day the English team refused to play on the ground as the pitch was frozen.
Of the 14 matches he played for his national side he was on the winning side on 8 occasions.
He played his final match for England on Saturday 3 February 1894 at Rectory Field, Blackheath in the England vs Ireland match. When Heckmondwike converted from the rugby union code to the rugby league code for the 1896-1897 Northern Rugby Football Union season, Dicky Lockwood would have been approximately 29 years of age. Consequently, he may have been both a rugby union and rugby league football player for Heckmondwike, particularly as he subsequently played rugby league for Wakefield Trinity at centre circa-1898.