Lawrence Spence
English cricketer
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Lawrence 'Lol' Arthur Spence (14 January 1932 – 10 October 2017)[1] was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman who bowled leg break. He was born at Blaby, Leicestershire.
Blaby, Leicestershire,
England
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| Full name | Lawrence Arthur Spence | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 14 January 1932 Blaby, Leicestershire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 10 October 2017 (aged 85) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Lol | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Leg break | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1952–1954 | Leicestershire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 9 February 2013 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Spence made his first-class debut for Leicestershire against Warwickshire in the 1952 County Championship at Grace Road, and made eight further appearances in that season.[2] The following season, he made ten first-class appearances, eight of them in the County Championship.[2] His final first-class appearance for the county came in his only match in 1954 against Kent.[2] He made a total of twenty first-class appearances for Leicestershire, scoring 326 runs at an average of 11.64, with a high score of 44.[3] He died in 2017.[4][5]