{{short description|English cricketer and Test match umpire}} {{for|the Miss America contestant|Laurie Gray (Miss Rhode Island)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Use British English|date=March 2016}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Laurie Gray | image = | country = England | fullname = Lawrence Herbert Gray | heightft = | heightinch = | nickname = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1915|12|15|df=yes}} | birth_place = Tottenham, Middlesex, England | death_date = {{Death date and age|1983|1|3|1915|12|15|df=yes}} | death_place = Basildon, Essex, England | batting = Right-handed | bowling = Right-arm fast-medium | role = Bowler, umpire | club1 = Middlesex | year1 = 1934–1951 | umpire = true | testsumpired = 2 | umptestdebutyr = 1955 | umptestlastyr = 1963 | odisumpired = | umpodidebutyr = | umpodilastyr = | fcumpired = 446 | umpfcdebutyr = 1952 | umpfclastyr = 1975 | listaumpired = 43 | umplistadebutyr = 1963 | umplistalastyr = 1973 | columns = 1 | column1 = First-class | matches1 = 219 | runs1 = 901 | bat avg1 = 7.38 | 100s/50s1 = –/– | top score1 = 35* | hidedeliveries = | deliveries1 = 37,401 | wickets1 = 637 | bowl avg1 = 25.13 | fivefor1 = 26 | tenfor1 = 3 | best bowling1 = 8/59 | catches/stumpings1 = 125/– | date = 20 November | year = 2024 | source = http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/29/29749/29749.html CricketArchive }}
'''Lawrence Herbert Gray''' (1915–1983) was an English first-class cricketer and Test match umpire.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/13721.html|title = Laurie Gray profile and biography, stats, records, averages, photos and videos}}</ref> Born in Tottenham in 1915, he played 219 matches for Middlesex as a right arm fast medium bowler between 1934 and 1951. He took 637 wickets at 25.13 with a best of 8 for 59. He took 5 wickets in an innings 26 times and 10 wickets in a match on 3 occasions. He then turned to umpiring, standing in the England v South Africa test at Lord's in 1955 and the England v West Indies match at Birmingham in 1963. He died in Essex in 1983.
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He was married to by Mary Gray {{nee|Marsden}}, who died in 1998.<ref>Gravestone, retrieved 3rd July 2025</ref>
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