William Locker (16 February 1866 – 15 August 1952) was an English footballer and cricketer. He played first-class cricket for Derbyshire between 1894 and 1903 and football for Stoke, Derby County and Notts County.[1] He was one of nineteen sportsmen to achieve the Derbyshire Double of playing cricket for Derbyshire and football for Derby County.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | William Locker[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1866-02-16)16 February 1866[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Long Eaton, England[1] | ||
| Date of death | 15 August 1952(1952-08-15) (aged 86)[1] | ||
| Place of death | California, Derby, England[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Inside left | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1885–1888 | Long Eaton Rangers | ||
| 1888–1889 | Notts County | 0 | (0) |
| 1889 | Stoke | 1 | (0) |
| 1889 | Notts Olympic | ||
| 1889–1890 | Derby County | 0 | (0) |
| 1890–1892 | Notts County | 21 | (12) |
| 1891 | Loughborough | ||
| 1892 | Long Eaton Rangers | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
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| Batting | Right-handed batsman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1894–1903 | Derbyshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First-class debut | 10 May 1894 Derbyshire v Surrey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last First-class | 21 May 1903 Derbyshire v MCC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Locker was born in Long Eaton, Derbyshire, the son of William Locker and his wife Mary. His father was a lace maker and at the age of 15 Locker was a lace threader.[2]
Locker played association football for Stoke, Derby County and Notts County.[1] His only appearance for Stoke came in a 2–1 defeat at home to Preston North End in November 1889.[1] Whilst with Notts County he achieved 12 goals in the 1890/91 season[3] and played in the 1891 FA Cup Final on the losing side.[1]
Locker made his first appearances for Derbyshire in the 1894 season. He next played for them in one match in the 1899 season which was his County Championship debut – an innings defeat by Worcestershire. He played fully for Derbyshire in the 1901 season. He played one match in the 1902 season and one in the 1903 season. He was a right-handed batsman who played 30 innings in 16 matches with a top score of 76 and an average of 17.03. During his time with Derbyshire, he was an upper-middle order batsman.[4]
Locker died in California, Derby aged 86.
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Stoke | 1889–90[1] | The Football League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Notts County | 1890–91[5] | The Football League | 21 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 27 | 14 |
| 1891–92[5] | The Football League | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Career Total | 22 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 29 | 14 | ||