Herbert Lock

Herbert Lock (21 January 1887 – 16 March 1957) was an English professional goalkeeper who played for Southampton and Rangers in the early part of the twentieth century.

Playing career Southampton Born in Southampton he played his early football for St. Mary's Guild before joining Southampton F.C. in the summer of 1907. He immediately forced himself into the first team, replacing George Clawley who had retired.

According to Holley & Chalk's "The Alphabet of the Saints" he was "a daring and acrobatic goalkeeper who was also noted for his uncanny anticipation when facing penalty kicks". He would pace up and down the goal line and eventually position himself slightly off-centre in the hope that the penalty taker would shoot towards the larger target. Lock would invariably anticipate correctly and would make the save. During the 1908–09 season he saved eight of the twelve penalty kicks he faced.

Lock was unable to play in the semi-final against the eventual cup-winners Wolverhampton Wanderers as a result of a serious injury sustained on 14 March 1908 in a Southern League match at Watford's Cassio Road ground which put him out until the last fortnight of the season. The following season, he was once more the automatic choice for the 'keeper's shirt until he was again injured in the match at Cassio Road on 27 March 1909. Lock vowed never to play at Cassio Road

He retained his place for the remainder of the 1922–23 season but Allen regained the No. 1 jersey for the start of the following season. In January 1924 Lock moved along the south coast to join Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic where he played to the end of the season before retiring aged 37.

He settled to live and work in Southampton as a carpenter and joiner on the Southern Railway. He died in Southampton on 16 March 1957 a few weeks after his 70th birthday.

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1 Includes all Domestic Cup competitions 2 Excludes Q.P.R. and Bournemouth

Medal auction On 9 August 2010, four medals won by Lock came up for auction. These included his Scottish championship medals for 1911–12 and 1919–20, the 1912 Glasgow Cup Medal and the Benevolent Pickford Fund Cup winners medal for 1923.

Honours Rangers Scottish League championship: 1910–11, 1911–12, 1919–20 Glasgow Cup: 1909–10, 1910–11, 1911–12 Glasgow Merchants Charity Cup: 1910–11, 1918–19