Joe Thomas "Tommy" Lodge (6 April 1921 – July 2012
) was an English
first-class cricketer, who played two matches for
Yorkshire County Cricket Club in 1948.
Lodge also played for the Yorkshire Second XI in 1947 and 1948. He took part in three century opening partnerships with Jakeman, Halliday and J.C. Rigg. He also performed well in the Huddersfield and Bradford Leagues and was renowned as a cricket
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. He acted as a professional with Perthshire C.C. for at least ten seasons, scoring over 1,000 runs in each season up to 1961. He also coached at Strathallen School, Scotland, and played as a
defender for
Huddersfield Town &
St Johnstone
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He made his first-class cricket debut against
Kent at Bradford Park Avenue in June, opening the batting and scoring 30 and 5 as Yorkshire won by six wickets. His last match came in July against
Northamptonshire, where Lodge scored 13 runs batting at number three, as Yorkshire won by an innings and 196 runs. A right-arm medium pacer, he bowled eight overs for 17 runs without success.
References
Joe Lodge's profile at Cricinfo.com
External links
1921 births
2012 deaths
Yorkshire cricketers
Cricketers from Huddersfield
English cricketers
English cricketers of 1946 to 1968
People from Skelmanthorpe
Sportspeople from Kirklees
Cricketers from West Yorkshire
English men's footballers
Men's association football defenders
English Football League players
Scottish Football League players
Huddersfield Town A.F.C. players
St Johnstone F.C. players
Footballers from Huddersfield
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