Henry Wallace Lawson (1865 – 12 January 1941) was a New Zealand cricketer. He played first-class cricket for Auckland and Wellington between 1883 and 1898.[1][2]
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| Full name | Henry Wallace Lawson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1865 Sydney, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 12 January 1941 (aged 75) Mount Eden, Auckland, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium-pace | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Bowler | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1883–84 to 1889–90 | Wellington | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1891–92 to 1897–98 | Auckland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 15 June 2016 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
An accurate right-arm medium-pace bowler, Lawson took 5 for 13 and 5 for 17 on his first-class debut for Wellington in Nelson in 1883–84, but still finished on the losing side to Nelson by 39 runs.[3] When Nelson visited Wellington the next season he took 3 for 25 and 7 for 25, this time in the winning side.[4] Earlier that season he had taken 5 for 68 and 6 for 70 in a drawn match against Auckland.[5] He was less successful after he moved to Auckland in the early 1890s.[6]
Lawson married Margaret Short in 1888.[7] They had one daughter.[8] He died at his home in the Auckland suburb of Mount Eden in January 1941, aged 75.[9]
References edit
- ^ "Henry Lawson". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
- ^ "Henry Lawson". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
- ^ "Nelson v Wellington 1883–84". CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
- ^ "Wellington v Nelson 1884–85". CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
- ^ "Wellington v Auckland 1884–85". CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
- ^ "Veteran Cricketer: A Good Bowler". Evening Post: 23. 6 February 1937.
- ^ "Silver Wedding". Auckland Star: 12. 3 April 1913.
- ^ "Deaths". NZ Herald: 1. 14 January 1941.
- ^ "Old-Time Cricketer". Auckland Star: 5. 18 January 1941.