Charles Lawrence (cricketer)

This article is about the Anglo-Australian cricketer. For other people named Charles Lawrence, see Charles Lawrence (disambiguation).

Charles Lawrence

Personal information
Batting style	Right-handed batsman
Bowling style	Right-arm medium
International information
National side	English
Career statistics
Competition	First-class
Matches	9
Runs scored	227
Batting average	15.13
100s/50s	0/1
Top score	78
Balls bowled
Wickets	38
Bowling average	10.94
5 wickets in innings	4
10 wickets in match	2
Best bowling	7/25
Catches/stumpings	7/0
Source: CricInfo,

Charles Lawrence (16 December 1828–20 December 1916) was a Surrey cricketer, represented England but is most notable as the captain-coach of the Aborigine cricket team that toured England in 1868, the first ever tour of England by an Australian team.^[1]

Lawrence played for Surrey between 1854 and 1857 and, in the days before the establishment of what is now called Test match cricket, represented England on one of the very first international cricket tours, when the team visited Australia in 1861-2.

He went on to coach at the Albert Club in Sydney, working with the indigenous team (which gave him the opportunity to lead the 1868 tour) and played his last game aged 70.

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  Lawrence, sitting at front left with fellow early cricketers

See also

• 1868 Aboriginal cricket tour of England

References

1. ^ Surreycricket.com

External sources

• Cricinfo profile, (inaccurately labelling Lawrence as Australian)
• State Library of New South Wales
• Surrey site account of Surrey v Aborigines
• Charles Lawrence's first-class cricket career details at Cricketarchive

References

1. ^ Surreycricket.com

Persondata
Name	Lawrence, Charles
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	1828
Place of birth
Date of death	1916
Place of death