Lawrence Eckhoff
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Lawrence Raymond James Eckhoff |
| Born | 19 May 1952 Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand |
| Batting | Right-handed |
| Bowling | Right-arm fast-medium |
| Domestic team information | |
| Years | Team |
| 1975/76 | Otago |
Source: CricketArchive, 27 February 2024 | |
Lawrence Raymond James Eckhoff (born 19 May 1952) is a former New Zealand cricketer. He was born at Dunedin in Otago in 1952 and educated at Otago Boys' High School where he played cricket.[1][2]
An "energetic" right-arm fast-medium bowler who was described by The Press as "an interesting recruit" ahead of his senior debut in November 1975,[3][4] Eckhoff played one first-class and one List A cricket match for Otago during the 1975–76 season. On debut, in a List A match against Canterbury, he took the only two Canterbury wickets to fall, those of Barry Hadlee and Peter Coman,[5] his "explosive action" generating out-swing which caused the opposing batsmen difficulties, although he was "plagued by no balls, and sometimes erred in length and line".[6]
Writing in The Press after the match Dick Brittenden considered that "more, surely, will be heard of him",[6] but in the event Eckhoff only played in one more representative match for Otago. After taking a single wicket opening the bowling against Canterbury in mid-December in his first-class debut,[5] he was injured and unable to play in the following match against Wellington, his place taken by Philip Morris,[7] and Eckhoff did not regain his place in the side. He had previously played age-group and Second XI cricket for the team during the 1972–73 season.[5]
In ten years of A grade cricket in Dunedin, he took 427 wickets at a bowling average of 17.20 runs per wicket. He moved to Australia after accepting an offer from the Sturt Cricket Club in Adelaide and was a member of the Sturt team that won the premiership in 1979. He left Sturt in 1981 to take up a playing coach position at Port Adelaide Cricket Club but returned to Sturt in 1985.
References
[edit]- ^ McCarron A (2010) New Zealand Cricketers 1863/64–2010, p. 47. Cardiff: The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. ISBN 978 1 905138 98 2 (Available online at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 2023-06-05.)
- ^ College in command, The Press, volume CX, issue 32450, 10 November 1970, p. 34. (Available online at Papers Past. Retrieved 2023-12-20.)
- ^ Brittenden RT (1975) The Press, volume CXV, issue 34012, 28 November 1975, p. 24. (Available online at Papers Past. Retrieved 2023-12-20.)
- ^ Lawrence Eckhoff, CricInfo. Retrieved 2023-12-20.
- ^ a b c Larry Eckhoff, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2010-03-09. (subscription required)
- ^ a b Brittenden RT (1975) The Press, volume CXV, issue 34014, 1 December 1975, p. 30. (Available online at Papers Past. Retrieved 2023-12-20.)
- ^ Captain's hand by Bilby, The Press, volume CXV, issue 34036, 27 December 1975, p. 28. (Available online at Papers Past. Retrieved 2023-12-20.)