{{Short description|English cricketer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2026}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = David Laycock | image = | country = | fullname = David Allen Laycock | birth_date = {{birth date|1947|9|2|df=yes}} | birth_place = Woolwich, London | death_date = {{death date and age|2008|9|16|1947|9|2|df=yes}} | death_place = Eastbourne, Sussex | batting = Right-handed | bowling = | role = | club1 = Kent | year1 = {{nowrap|1969–1973}} | type1 = FC | debutdate1 = 6 August | debutyear1 = 1969 | debutfor1 = Kent | debutagainst1 = Leicestershire | lastdate1 = 18 July | lastyear1 = 1973 | lastfor1 = Kent | lastagainst1 = West Indians | type2 = LA | debutdate2 = 14 August | debutyear2 = 1969 | debutfor2 = Kent | debutagainst2 = Yorkshire | lastdate2 = 16 August | lastyear2 = 1973 | lastfor2 = Kent | lastagainst2 = Lancashire | hidedeliveries = true | columns = 2 | column1 = First-class | matches1 = 10 | runs1 = 266 | bat avg1 = 19.00 | 100s/50s1 = 0/1 | top score1 = 58 | catches/stumpings1 = 2/0 | column2 = List A | matches2 = 5 | runs2 = 34 | bat avg2 = 11.33 | 100s/50s2 = 0/0 | top score2 = 23 | catches/stumpings2 = 0/0 | date = 5 April | year = 2014 | source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/16490.html Cricinfo }}
'''David Allen Laycock''' (2 September 1947 – 16 September 2008) was an English professional cricketer. He played for Kent County Cricket Club between 1969 and 1973.<ref name=ci>{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/16490.html |title=David Laycock |access-date=5 April 2014 |publisher=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref>
Laycock was born at Woolwich in east London in 1947. He first played for Kent's Second XI in 1966 and went on to make his first-class cricket debut in August 1969 against Leicestershire at Canterbury.<ref name=ci27sep08>[http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/story/371413.html Former Kent batsman Laycock dies], CricInfo, 27 September 2008. Retrieved 23 October 2018.</ref><ref name=ca>[https://web.archive.org/web/20130822082430/http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/30/30908/30908.html David Laycock], CricketArchive. Archived 22 August 2013. Retrieved 23 October 2018.</ref> After making five appearances for the First XI in 1969, including one in the John Player League, Laycock appeared infrequently for the side in the coming years.<ref name=ca /> He made a total of 10 first-class{{efn-ua|The CricInfo article announcing Laycock's death makes reference to 12 first-class appearances, but statistics from CricInfo, CricketArchive and Kent County Cricket Club all agree on him having made 10 first-class appearances.}} and five List A appearances for Kent between his debut and his final match in August 1973, playing as a batsman and occasional wicket-keeper in a strong Kent side which won the County Championship in 1970 and one-day trophies in each season between 1972 and 1974.<ref name=ci /><ref name=tcp21jul15>[https://www.thecricketpaper.com/features-and-columns/900/where-are-they-now-kent-bh-winners-and-sunday-league-champions-1973/ Where are they now? Kent – B&H winners and Sunday League champions 1973], ''The Cricket Paper'', 21 July 2015. Retrieved 23 October 2018.</ref><ref name=k27jul10>[http://www.kentcricket.co.uk/news/coming-soon-special-1970-championship-winning-dinner/ Coming soon: Special 1970 Championship winning dinner], Kent County Cricket Club, 27 July 2010. Retrieved 23 October 2018.</ref>
Despite playing 69 matches for the Second XI, including scoring runs during 1974,{{efn-ua|CricInfo's article announcing his death says that Laycock played for Sussex County Cricket Club's Second XI between 1966 and 1974. This is an error - he only played for Kent.}} Laycock was released by Kent at the endow the 1974 season. He became a postman, although he continued to coach cricket.<ref name=ci /><ref name=ci27sep08 />
Laycock died at Eastbourne in Sussex in September 2008 after a long battle with brain cancer.<ref name=ci27sep08 /> He was 61.<ref name=ci />
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Laycock, David}} Category:1947 births Category:2008 deaths Category:English cricketers Category:Kent cricketers Category:People from Woolwich Category:Cricketers from the Royal Borough of Greenwich Category:20th-century English sportsmen