Percy Lawrie

Percy Edward Lawrie (12 December 1902 — 2 February 1988) was an English first-class cricketer.

Education and first-class cricket The son of Major-General Charles Lawrie, he was born at Kensington in December 1902. He was educated at Eton College, where he played for the college cricket team. 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. After leaving Eton, he matriculated to Balliol College, Oxford. 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. which was a score of 107 against Leicestershire 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.