Ephraim Lockwood

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Ephraim Lockwood (4 April 1845 - 19 December 1921) was an English cricketer and captain of Yorkshire County Cricket Club in the 1876 and 1877 seasons.

Lockwood was born at Lascelles Hall, Huddersfield, Yorkshire. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm slow-medium roundarm bowler. He was an occasional wicket-keeper.

He was a loom weaver in his youth but became a professional cricketer with Yorkshire in 1868. After he retired from playing in 1884, he ran a sports outfitting shop in Huddersfield.

In his first-class career, Lockwood played in 328 matches from 1868 to 1884. He played mostly for Yorkshire but made many additional appearances for teams representing the North of England or the Players (i.e., professionals). He never played for England, being one of those players who just missed out on Test cricket, which began in 1877 towards the end of his career.

He scored 12,512 runs in 569 innings at 23.60. His highest score was 208*. He made 8 centuries and 60 fifties. He took 232 catches and made 3 stumpings. He took 207 known wickets at 16.78 with a best analysis of 7-35. He had 5wI on 7 occasions and once took 10wM.