# Lawrence Spence

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{{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](/source/Blaby), [Leicestershire](/source/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](/source/Leg_break)
|                role = 
|              family = 
|               club1 = [Leicestershire](/source/Leicestershire_County_Cricket_Club)
|               year1 = 1952–1954
|         clubnumber1 = 
|             columns = 1
|             column1 = [First-class](/source/First-class_cricket)
|            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 [cricket](/source/cricket)er. He was a right-handed [batsman](/source/batting_(cricket)) who bowled [leg break](/source/leg_break). He was born at [Blaby](/source/Blaby), [Leicestershire](/source/Leicestershire).

Spence made his [first-class](/source/first-class_cricket) debut for [Leicestershire](/source/Leicestershire_County_Cricket_Club) against [Warwickshire](/source/Warwickshire_County_Cricket_Club) in the [1952 County Championship](/source/1952_County_Championship) at [Grace Road](/source/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](/source/1953_County_Championship).<ref name="FCM"/> His final first-class appearance for the county came in his only match in 1954 against [Kent](/source/Kent_County_Cricket_Club).<ref name="FCM"/> He made a total of twenty first-class appearances for Leicestershire, scoring 326 runs at an [average](/source/batting_average_(cricket)) 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>

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/20951.html Lawrence Spencer] at [ESPNcricinfo](/source/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

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