{{short description|Barbadian cricketer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2016}} {{Use British English|date=February 2016}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Larry Worrell | image = | country = England | fullname = Lawrence Roosevelt Worrell | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1943|8|28|df=yes}} | birth_place = Saint Thomas, Barbados | nickname = | heightft = | heightinch = | batting = Right-handed | bowling = Right-arm off break | role = | family = Sir Frank Worrell (cousin) | club1 = Dorset | year1 = 1969 | club2 = Hampshire | year2 = 1969–1972 | columns = 2 | column1 = First-class | matches1 = 32 | runs1 = 289 | bat avg1 = 11.56 | 100s/50s1 = –/1 | top score1 = 50 | deliveries1 = 4,965 | wickets1 = 65 | bowl avg1 = 32.55 | fivefor1 = 1 | tenfor1 = – | best bowling1 = 5/67 | catches/stumpings1 = 21/– | column2 = List A | matches2 = 1 | runs2 = – | bat avg2 = – | 100s/50s2 = –/– | top score2 = – | deliveries2 = – | wickets2 = – | bowl avg2 = – | fivefor2 = – | tenfor2 = – | best bowling2 = – | catches/stumpings2 = –/– | date = 24 December | year = 2009 | source = http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/22523.html Cricinfo }}
'''Lawrence 'Larry' Roosevelt Worrell''' (born 28 August 1943) is a Barbadian-born English former first-class cricketer.
Worrell was born in Barbados at Saint Thomas, and was educated on the island at Combermere School.<ref name="BOOK">{{cite book|title=Cricket Nurseries of Colonial Barbados|first=Keith A. P.|last=Sandiford|publisher=Press University of the West Indies|page=136|year=1998|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IcxYwq0sB_8C|language=English|isbn=9789766400460}}</ref> He came to England to join the British Army, where he served in the Royal Corps of Signals during the 1960s. He played services cricket for the Corps of Signals, in addition to playing minor matches for the British Army cricket team.<ref name="WOR">{{cite web|url=https://www.ageasbowl.com/cricket/news/black-history-month-larry-worrell/|title=Black History Month: Larry Worrell|website=www.ageasbowl.com|date=18 October 2022|accessdate=28 June 2023}}</ref> In 1969, he played minor counties cricket for Dorset, making four appearances in the Minor Counties Championship.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/6/6938/Minor_Counties_Championship_Matches.html|title=Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Larry Worrell|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=28 June 2023|url-access=subscription}}</ref> In that same season, Worrell made his debut in first-class cricket for Hampshire against the touring New Zealanders at Southampton,<ref name="FCM">{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/6/6938/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Larry Worrell|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=28 June 2023|url-access=subscription}}</ref> but did not play for Hampshire again until 1971. An off break bowler, when Worrell played for Hampshire they were looking for a spin-bowler to replace the likes of Mervyn Burden, Alan Wassell, Keith Wheatley, and Alan Castell (who had converted to seam bowling).<ref name="WOR"/> He made his debut in the County Championship against Nottinghamshire in 1971, and played regularly for the county during 1971 and the first half of the 1972 season.<ref name="WOR"/> Worrell made a total of 32 first-class appearances for Hampshire,<ref name="FCM"/> taking 65 wickets at an average of 32.55;<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/6/6938/f_Bowling_by_Team.html|title=First-Class Bowling For Each Team by Larry Worrell|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=28 June 2023|url-access=subscription}}</ref> he took one five wicket haul, with figures of 5 for 67 against Leicestershire in 1971.<ref name="WOR"/> As a lower order batsman, he scored 289 runs at a batting average of 11.56, making one half century.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/6/6938/f_Batting_by_Team.html|title=First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Larry Worrell|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=28 June 2023|url-access=subscription}}</ref> Worrell was utilised by Hampshire almost exclusively in first-class cricket, but did make a solitary List A one-day appearance against Lancashire at Old Trafford in the 1972 John Player League.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/6/6938/List_A_Matches.html|title=List A Matches played by Larry Worrell|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=28 June 2023|url-access=subscription}}</ref> Although his final first-class appearance came in 1972, he remained in the Hampshire squad for the 1973 season, but New Zealand spinner David O'Sullivan was preferred over him, with O'Sullivan helping Hampshire to their first County Championship since 1961. He was released by Hampshire at the end of the 1973 season.<ref name="WOR"/> His cousin was the former West Indian Test captain Sir Frank Worrell.<ref name="WOR"/>
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