Laurence Champniss
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Fullname
Laurence John Champniss
Born20 February 1939
Harrow, Middlesex, England
Harrow, Middlesex, England
Died17 September 2017 (aged 78)
BattingLeft-handed
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| Full name | Laurence John Champniss | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 20 February 1939 Harrow, Middlesex, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 17 September 2017 (aged 78) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Left-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Leg break googly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1973/74 | Marylebone Cricket Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1971–1977 | Buckinghamshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Laurence John Champniss (20 February 1939 – 17 September 2017) was a former English cricketer. Champniss was a left-handed batsman who bowled leg break googly.
Born in Harrow, Middlesex, the son of George Champniss. He was educated at a Harrow School, where he represented and captained the school cricket team.[1] He later married Venetia Alma Mary Jolly, the daughter of Stewart Croft Jolly and Lady Sibell Alma Kathleen Le Poer Trench, on 15 July 1961. The couple had four children.