Herbert Lock
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 21 January 1887 | ||
| Place of birth | Southampton, England | ||
| Date of death | 16 March 1957 (aged 70) | ||
| Place of death | Southampton, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| St Mary's Guild | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1907–1909 | Southampton | 55 | (0) |
| 1909–1921 | Rangers | 221 | (0) |
| 1921–1922 | Queens Park Rangers | 6 | (0) |
| 1922–1924 | Southampton | 11 | (0) |
| 1923–1924 | Bournemouth and Boscombe | 13 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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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.
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.
In the 1907–08 season he was the regular choice for goalkeeper and played an integral part in Saints' run to the FA Cup semi-final. In the 4th round match at Everton on 7 March his heroics helped Saints to a 0–0 draw, denying Sandy Young late in the game by saving bravely at his feet. In the replay at The Dell on 11 March Saints took a 2–1 lead at half-time which they extended thanks to a "magnificent" goal from Frank Costello. Despite Everton pulling a goal back shortly afterwards, Lock and the rest of the Saints defence managed to keep the Everton forwards at bay and the Saints ran out 3–2 victors.
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 again and ensured that this would not happen by moving to Scotland in the 1909 close season.
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