Charles Lawrence (cricketer)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the Anglo-Australian cricketer. For other people named Charles Lawrence, see Charles Lawrence (disambiguation).
 England (Eng) |
|
 |
|
| Batting style | Right-handed batsman |
| Bowling type | Right-arm medium |
| First-class record | |
|---|---|
| Matches | 9 |
| Runs scored | 227 |
| Batting average | 15.13 |
| 100s/50s | 0/1 |
| Top score | 78 |
| Balls bowled | |
| Wickets | 38 |
| Bowling average | 10.94 |
| 5 wickets in innings | 4 |
| 10 wickets in match | 2 |
| Best Bowling | 7/25 |
| Catches/Stumpings | 7/0 |
| First class debut: tbc, 1854 Last first class game: tbc, 1870 Source: CricInfo |
|
Charles Lawrence (16 December 1828–20 December 1916) was a Surrey cricketer, represented England but is most notable as the captain-coach of the Aborigine cricket team that famously toured England in 1868, the first ever tour of England by an Australian team[1].
Lawrence played for Surrey between 1854 and 1857 and, in the days before the establishment of what is now called Test match cricket, represented England on one of the very first international cricket tours, when the team visited Australia in 1861-2.
He went on to coach at the Albert Club in Sydney, working with the indigenous team (which gave him the opportunity to lead the 1868 tour) and played his last game aged 70.
[edit] See also
[edit] External Sources
- Cricinfo profile, (inaccurately labelling Lawrence as Australian)
- State Library of New South Wales
- Surrey site account of Surrey v Aborigines
- Charles Lawrence's first-class cricket career details at Cricketarchive
