Percy Lawrie

The son of Major-General Charles Lawrie,[1] he was born at Kensington in December 1902. He was educated at Eton College, where he played for the college cricket team.[2] After success in the Eton v Harrow of 1921, Lawrie made his debut in first-class cricket for Hampshire against Glamorgan in the 1921 County Championship at Southampton.[3] After leaving Eton, he matriculated to Balliol College, Oxford.[4] He was a member of the Oxford University Cricket Club, but failed to initially gain a place in the Oxford team after failing in a trial match in 1922.[2] However, a half century for Hampshire against Oxford University later that season secured him a further trial,[2] with him making two first-class appearances for Oxford in 1922, against the Free Foresters and Lancashire. He featured for Hampshire during the summer holiday, making four first-class appearances in the 1922 County Championship.[3] The following year he made two further first-class appearances for Oxford, and did so once again in 1924.[3] Lawrie failed to gain a Blue during his studies at Oxford, largely in part due to a strong Oxford batting line-up limiting his first team appearances.[2]

He continued to play first-class cricket for Hampshire until 1928, making a total of 28 appearances for the county.[3] Described by Wisden as a "particularly fine off-driver",[2] he scored 959 runs for Hampshire at an average of 22.30; he made four half centuries and one century,[5] which was a score of 107 against Leicestershire in 1923, which was made in under two hours and helped Hampshire to avoid defeat.[2] For Oxford University, he scored 125 runs at an average of 15.62, with a highest score of 39.[5] Lawrie died in February 1988 at Teignmouth Hospital in Teignmouth, Devon.

• Percy Lawrie at ESPNcricinfo