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Tom Lockyer — Surrey's Premier Wicketkeeper and the Greatest of the Roundarm Era

Tom Lockyer of Croydon kept wicket for Surrey from 1849 to 1866 and was, in the unanimous opinion of his contemporaries, the greatest wicketkeeper of the roundarm era. He took 301 catches and made 123 stumpings in 223 first-class matches, was a member of every important touring side of his time — the 1859 North America tour, the 1861-62 and 1863-64 Australian tours — and bowled useful right-arm medium-fast roundarm in his later seasons.