# Percy Lawrie > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Percy_Lawrie > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Percy_Lawrie.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percy_Lawrie > Source revision: 1309589100 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|English cricketer}} {{for|the Leicester Tigers rugby player|Percy Lawrie (rugby union)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2016}} {{Use British English|date=February 2016}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Percy Lawrie | image = | country = England | fullname = Percy Edward Lawrie | nickname = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1902|12|12|df=yes}} | birth_place = [Kensington](/source/Kensington), [London](/source/London), England | death_date = {{Death date and age|1988|2|2|1902|12|12|df=yes}} | death_place = [Teignmouth](/source/Teignmouth), [Devon](/source/Devon), England | heightft = | heightinch = | batting = Right-handed | bowling = | family = | club1 = [Hampshire](/source/Hampshire_County_Cricket_Club) | year1 = 1921–1928 | club2 = [Oxford University](/source/Oxford_University_Cricket_Club) | year2 = 1922–1924 | columns = 1 | column1 = [First-class](/source/First-class_cricket) | matches1 = 33 | runs1 = 1,084 | bat avg1 = 21.25 | 100s/50s1 = 1/4 | top score1 = 107 | hidedeliveries = true | catches/stumpings1 = 13/– | date = 11 January | year = 2010 | source = http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/16224.html Cricinfo }} '''Percy Edward Lawrie''' (12 December 1902 — 2 February 1988) was an English first-class [cricket](/source/cricket)er. ==Education and first-class cricket== The son of Major-General [Charles Lawrie](/source/Charles_Lawrie_(British_Army_officer)),District intelligence. ''Grantham Journal''. 8 September 1928. p. 2 he was born at [Kensington](/source/Kensington) in December 1902. He was educated at [Eton College](/source/Eton_College), where he played for the college cricket team.{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/228610.html|title=Wisden - Obituaries in 1988|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|accessdate=5 February 2023}} After success in the [Eton v Harrow](/source/Eton_v_Harrow) of 1921, Lawrie made his debut in [first-class cricket](/source/first-class_cricket) for [Hampshire](/source/Hampshire_County_Cricket_Club) against [Glamorgan](/source/Glamorgan_County_Cricket_Club) in the [1921 County Championship](/source/1921_County_Championship) at [Southampton](/source/County_Ground%2C_Southampton).{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/6/6713/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Percy Lawrie|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=5 February 2023|url-access=subscription}} After leaving Eton, he matriculated to [Balliol College, Oxford](/source/Balliol_College%2C_Oxford).{{cite book |title=The Balliol College Register|first=Sir Ivo D'Oyly|last=Elliott|date=1953|publisher=[Oxford University Press](/source/Oxford_University_Press)|location=Oxford|page=228|language=en}} He was a member of the [Oxford University Cricket Club](/source/Oxford_University_Cricket_Club), but failed to initially gain a place in the Oxford team after failing in a trial match in 1922. However, a half century for Hampshire against Oxford University later that season secured him a further trial, with him making two first-class appearances for Oxford in 1922, against the [Free Foresters](/source/Free_Foresters_Cricket_Club) and [Lancashire](/source/Lancashire_County_Cricket_Club). He featured for Hampshire during the summer holiday, making four first-class appearances in the [1922 County Championship](/source/1922_County_Championship). The following year he made two further first-class appearances for Oxford, and did so once again in 1924. Lawrie failed to gain a [Blue](/source/Blue_(university_sport)) during his studies at Oxford, largely in part due to a strong Oxford batting line-up limiting his first team appearances. He continued to play first-class cricket for Hampshire until 1928, making a total of 28 appearances for the county. Described by ''[Wisden](/source/Wisden_Cricketers'_Almanack)'' as a "particularly fine [off-driver](/source/Batting_(cricket))", he scored 959 runs for Hampshire at an [average](/source/batting_average_(cricket)) of 22.30; he made four half centuries and one [century](/source/century_(cricket)),{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/6/6713/f_Batting_by_Team.html|title=First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Percy Lawrie|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=5 February 2023|url-access=subscription}} which was a score of 107 against [Leicestershire](/source/Leicestershire_County_Cricket_Club) in 1923, which was made in under two hours and helped Hampshire to avoid defeat. For Oxford University, he scored 125 runs at an average of 15.62, with a highest score of 39. Lawrie died in February 1988 at Teignmouth Hospital in [Teignmouth, Devon](/source/Teignmouth). ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== *{{cricinfo|id=16224}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Lawrie, Percy}} Category:1902 births Category:1988 deaths Category:Cricketers from the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Category:People educated at Eton College Category:Alumni of Balliol College, Oxford Category:English cricketers Category:Hampshire cricketers Category:Oxford University cricketers Category:20th-century English sportsmen --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Percy Lawrie](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percy_Lawrie) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percy_Lawrie?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.