Lawrence Black

Cricket Player

1881 – 1959

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Who was Lawrence Black?

Lawrence Garfield Black was an English cricketer. Black was a left-handed batsman who bowled left-arm medium pace.

Black made his first-class debut for Hampshire against the Gentlemen of Philadelphia in 1903. On debut, Black took his only first-class wicket, that of Philadelphia batsman John Lester.

After the First World War and sixteen years after making his debut for Hampshire, Black made his second first-class appearance for Hampshire in 1919. Black played three matches in the 1919 County Championship against Middlesex, Surrey and Yorkshire.

Black died at Dewsbury, Yorkshire on 14 August 1959.

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Born
Sep 15, 1881
Lambeth
Nationality
  • England
Lived in
  • London
Died
Aug 14, 1959
Dewsbury

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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