Charles Lawrence
Australia
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.
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