Country: | England |
Fullname: | Arthur Alfred Kenneth Lawrence |
Birth Date: | 3 November 1930 |
Birth Place: | Marlborough, Wiltshire, England |
Batting: | Right-handed |
Bowling: | Leg break |
Club1: | Sussex |
Year1: | 1952 - 1956 |
Columns: | 1 |
Column1: | First-class |
Matches1: | 28 |
Runs1: | 632 |
Bat Avg1: | 17.08 |
100S/50S1: | - /3 |
Top Score1: | 63 |
Deliveries1: | 44 |
Wickets1: | 1 |
Bowl Avg1: | 40.00 |
Fivefor1: | - |
Tenfor1: | - |
Best Bowling1: | 1/14 |
Catches/Stumpings1: | 28/ - |
Date: | 15 January |
Year: | 2012 |
Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/16476.html Cricinfo |
Arthur Alfred Kenneth Lawrence (3 November 1930 – 17 December 2020) was an English cricketer. Lawrence was a right-handed batsman who bowled leg break. He was born at Marlborough, Wiltshire.
Lawrence made his first-class debut for Sussex against Oxford University in 1954, with him playing a second match that season against Leicestershire in the County Championship. He next appeared for Sussex in 1954, making 26 further first-class appearances between 1954 and 1956, with his final first-class appearance coming against Northamptonshire in the 1956 County Championship.[1] In total, Lawrence made 28 first-class appearances for Sussex, scoring 632 runs at an average of 17.08, with a high score of 63 not out.[2] This score was one of three fifties he made and came against Oxford University in 1955, in a match in which he also recorded another half century score of 62.[3] He took a single wicket during his first-class career.[4]
Lawrence died on 17 December 2020, at the age of 90.[5] [6]