Anthony Lawrence (cricketer)

The son of Dr Gwynne Lawrence, he was born at Mayfair, where he resided at Green Street.^[1] He was educated at Harrow School,^[1] where he captained the school cricket, football, rugby and running teams,^[2] before going up to Trinity Hall, Cambridge.^[3][4] While attending Cambridge he was a second lieutenant in the Cambridge University contingent of the Officers' Training Corps.^[5] He made his debut in first-class cricket while at Cambridge, playing for the Free Foresters against Cambridge University in June 1932 at Fenner's.^[6] The following week he made his debut for Cambridge University against Sussex.^[6] Lawrence played first-class cricket for Cambridge twice in 1932, following that up with nine appearances in 1933.^[6] He scored a total of 384 runs in his eleven first-class matches for Cambridge, at an average of 24.00 and a high score of 52 not out.^[7] He gained a cricket blue in 1933.^[3] He also appeared in one first-class match for the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) against the South at Lord's in 1933,^[6] scoring 61 in the MCC first-innings.^[8]

After graduating from Cambridge, Lawrence chose a career in the British Army, enlisting with the Coldstream Guards. He was promoted to the rank of lieutenant in January 1935.^[9] In that same year he played a first-class match for the British Army cricket team against Cambridge University,^[6] scoring 80 runs opening the batting in the Army's first-innings.^[10] He served in Palestine during the Arab revolt prior to serving as the aide-de-camp to John Loder, the Governor of New South Wales, until relinquishing his appointment in October 1938.^[2][11] He died at Westminster in March 1939, following an illness.^[3]

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