{{short description|English cricketer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Use British English|date=March 2016}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Lawrence Spence | image = | fullname = Lawrence Arthur Spence | nickname = Lol | birth_date = {{Birth date|1932|1|14|df=yes}} | birth_place = Blaby, Leicestershire,<br>England | death_date = {{Death date and age|2017|10|10|1932|1|14|df=yes}} | death_place = | heightft = | heightinch = | batting = Right-handed | bowling = Leg break | role = | family = | club1 = Leicestershire | year1 = 1952–1954 | clubnumber1 = | columns = 1 | column1 = First-class | matches1 = 20 | runs1 = 326 | bat avg1 = 11.64 | 100s/50s1 = 0/0 | top score1 = 44 | deliveries1 = 30 | wickets1 = 0 | bowl avg1 = – | fivefor1 = 0 | tenfor1 = 0 | best bowling1 = – | catches/stumpings1 = 4/– | date = 9 February | year = 2013 | source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/20951.html Cricinfo }}
'''Lawrence 'Lol' Arthur Spence''' (14 January 1932 – 10 October 2017)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.family-announcements.co.uk/leicestershire/view/4445452/spence |title=Spence |access-date=13 November 2017 |archive-date=13 November 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171113221921/http://www.family-announcements.co.uk/leicestershire/view/4445452/spence |url-status=dead }}</ref> was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman who bowled leg break. He was born at Blaby, Leicestershire.
Spence made his first-class debut for Leicestershire against Warwickshire in the 1952 County Championship at Grace Road, and made eight further appearances in that season.<ref name="FCM">{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/32/32952/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Lawrence Spence|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=9 February 2013}}</ref> The following season, he made ten first-class appearances, eight of them in the County Championship.<ref name="FCM"/> His final first-class appearance for the county came in his only match in 1954 against Kent.<ref name="FCM"/> He made a total of twenty first-class appearances for Leicestershire, scoring 326 runs at an average of 11.64, with a high score of 44.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/32/32952/f_Batting_by_Team.html|title=First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Lol Spence|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=9 February 2013}}</ref> He died in 2017.<ref>{{cite web|title=Lawrence 'Lol' Spence|url=http://www.thepca.co.uk/obituaries.html|publisher=Professional Cricketers' Association|accessdate=6 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170622192424/http://www.thepca.co.uk/obituaries.html|archive-date=22 June 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Lawrence 'Lol' Spence (1932-2017)|url=http://www.leicestershireccc.co.uk/news/2017/october/lawrence-lol-spence-1932-2017.html|website=Leicestershire County Cricket Club|accessdate=6 November 2017}}</ref>
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==External links== *[http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/20951.html Lawrence Spencer] at ESPNcricinfo *[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/32/32952/32952.html Lawrence Spencer] at CricketArchive
{{DEFAULTSORT:Spence, Lawrence}} Category:1932 births Category:2017 deaths Category:Sportspeople from Blaby Category:Cricketers from Leicestershire Category:English cricketers Category:Leicestershire cricketers Category:20th-century English sportsmen