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Johnny Lawrence
1988Dec, 10

Johnny Lawrence

Johnny Lawrence, English cricketer and coach (b. 1911)
John Lawrence (29 March 1911 - 10 December 1988), known as "Johnny", was a diminutive Yorkshire-born all-round cricketer whose middle or lower order batting and leg-break and googly bowling were of great importance to Somerset in the 10 cricket seasons immediately after the Second World War.

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