| Larry Cordner | |
| Fullname: | Laurence Osmaston Cordner |
| Birth Date: | 1911 2, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Warrnambool, Victoria |
| Death Place: | Penshurst, Victoria |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Bowling: | Leg-break and googly |
| Club1: | Victoria |
| Columns: | 1 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 3 |
| Runs1: | 43 |
| Bat Avg1: | 14.33 |
| 100S/50S1: | 0/0 |
| Top Score1: | 30 |
| Deliveries1: | 760 |
| Wickets1: | 7 |
| Bowl Avg1: | 68.85 |
| Fivefor1: | 0 |
| Tenfor1: | 0 |
| Best Bowling1: | 3/154 |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 2/– |
| Date: | 31 December |
| Year: | 2014 |
| Source: | https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/11/11880/11880.html CricketArchive |
Laurence Osmaston Cordner (7 February 1911 – 11 July 1992) was an Australian sportsman who played first-class cricket for Victoria and Australian rules football in the VFL with Hawthorn.
Cordner made just one VFL appearance for Hawthorn, against Collingwood at Glenferrie Oval during the 1933 season.[1] His cousins were more successful, two of them Denis and Don, are members of the Melbourne Football Club Team of the Century. His half-brother Alan Cordner also played senior VFL football.
The first of Cordner's three first-class cricket matches came in the Sheffield Shield competition of 1930–31 against South Australia, with his only notable contribution being the wicket of Bert Tobin.[2] Four weeks later, at the MCG, he was part of the Victorian team which played a tour match with the West Indians. He took five wickets in the match, including Lionel Birkett twice and a prized victim in George Headley.[3] Cordner then saved the game for Victoria with the bat by making 30 not out in the fourth innings as Victoria hung on with nine wickets down.[4] His final match came in 1934 against Western Australia.