Laurie Gray
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Full name | Lawrence Herbert Gray | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Tottenham, Middlesex, England | 15 December 1915||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 3 January 1983 Basildon, Essex, England | (aged 67)||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm fast-medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Bowler, umpire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1934–1951 | Middlesex | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Tests umpired | 2 (1955–1963) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
FC umpired | 446 (1952–1975) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
LA umpired | 43 (1963–1973) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 20 November 2024 |
Lawrence Herbert Gray (1915–1983) was an English first-class cricketer and Test match umpire.[1] Born in Tottenham in 1915, he played 219 matches for Middlesex as a right arm fast medium bowler between 1934 and 1951. He took 637 wickets at 25.13 with a best of 8 for 59. He took 5 wickets in an innings 26 times and 10 wickets in a match on 3 occasions. He then turned to umpiring, standing in the England v South Africa test at Lord's in 1955 and the England v West Indies match at Birmingham in 1963. He died in Essex in 1983.
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