Lawrence Eckhoff

Who is Lawrence Eckhoff?

Lawrence Raymond James Eckhoff, born 19 May 1952, is a former cricketer. He played one first-class and one List A cricket for Otago in the 1975-76.In his debut first class match against Canterbury, he had an immediate success in capturing the wickets of Barry Hadlee and Peter Coman who both were the current New Zealand opening batsman. He was born in Dunedin He was a notable strike fast bowler commencing in A grade at the age of sixteen and playing for the North East Valley and Green Island cricket clubs. He was also an Otago representative in the U19 and U21 sides. In ten years of A grade cricket, he took 427 wickets at an average of 17.2 Larry moved to Australia in 1979 after accepting an offer from the Sturt cricket club in Adelaide. He was a member of the Sturt team that won the South Australian district premiership in 1979 on the Adelaide Oval.He left the Sturt Cricket club in 1981 to take up a playing coach position at Port Adelaide cricket club and in 1985 returned to Sturt.