Full Name

Charles Lawrence

Born

December 16, 1828, Hoxton, London, England

Died

December 20, 1916, Canterbury, Melbourne, Victoria, (aged 88y 4d)

Batting Style

Right hand Bat

Bowling Style

Right arm Medium

Charles Lawrence played twice for Surrey and once for Middlesex - in between many matches as a professional in Scotland and Ireland - and while in Dublin he was Secretary of the United All Ireland XI, which body he formed. In 1861-62 went to Australia with HH Stephenson's XI and settled in Sydney at the end of it, accepting an engagement as a professional with the Albert Club. He played five times for New South Wales, and in 1863-64 took 4 for 42 and 6 for 48 for a XXII of NSW against an England XI. In 1868 he coached, managed and played for the successful Aboriginal side that toured England. For many seasons - to the end of 1898 - he was coach to Melbourne CC. For 24 years was in the service of the New South Wales Government, retiring at the age of 63 through ill-health. Lawrence was an excellent judge of the game and keen on it to the last. He once played a single-wicket match against a Bendigo man, who had 11 to field. Each man made 0 and 0, but, the Bendigo man bowling a wide, Lawrence won by one run.
Martin Williamson

Charles Lawrence Career Stats

Batting & Fielding

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAve100s50sCtSt
FC91502277815.130170

Bowling

FormatMatBallsRunsWktsBBIAveEconSR5w10w
FC9822416387/2510.943.0321.642

Debut/Last Matches of Charles Lawrence

Recent Matches of Charles Lawrence

MatchBatBowlDateGroundFormat
Surrey vs North0 & 20--24-Aug-1857SheffieldFC
Surrey vs Sussex221/27 & 1/828-Sep-1854BrightonFC

Photos of Charles Lawrence

Charles Lawrence