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Full name | Percy Edward Lawrie | ||||||||||||||
Born | Kensington, London, England | 12 December 1902||||||||||||||
Died | 2 February 1988 Teignmouth, Devon, England | (aged 85)||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
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1921–1928 | Hampshire | ||||||||||||||
1922–1924 | Oxford University | ||||||||||||||
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Source:
Cricinfo, 11 January 2010 |
Percy Edward Lawrie (12 December 1902 — 2 February 1988) was an English first-class cricketer.
The son of Major-General Charles Lawrie, [1] he was born at Kensington in December 1902. He was educated at Eton College, where he played for the college cricket team. [2] After success in the Eton v Harrow of 1921, Lawrie made his debut in first-class cricket for Hampshire against Glamorgan in the 1921 County Championship at Southampton. [3] After leaving Eton, he matriculated to Balliol College, Oxford. [4] He was a member of the Oxford University Cricket Club, but failed to initially gain a place in the Oxford team after failing in a trial match in 1922. [2] However, a half century for Hampshire against Oxford University later that season secured him a further trial, [2] with him making two first-class appearances for Oxford in 1922, against the Free Foresters and Lancashire. He featured for Hampshire during the summer holiday, making four first-class appearances in the 1922 County Championship. [3] The following year he made two further first-class appearances for Oxford, and did so once again in 1924. [3] Lawrie failed to gain a Blue during his studies at Oxford, largely in part due to a strong Oxford batting line-up limiting his first team appearances. [2]
He continued to play first-class cricket for Hampshire until 1928, making a total of 28 appearances for the county. [3] Described by Wisden as a "particularly fine off-driver", [2] he scored 959 runs for Hampshire at an average of 22.30; he made four half centuries and one century, [5] which was a score of 107 against Leicestershire in 1923, which was made in under two hours and helped Hampshire to avoid defeat. [2] For Oxford University, he scored 125 runs at an average of 15.62, with a highest score of 39. [5] Lawrie died in February 1988 at Teignmouth Hospital in Teignmouth, Devon.