Miles Lawrence, Date of Birth, Date of Death
TweetMiles Lawrence
English cricketer
Date of Birth: 07-Nov-1940
Date of Death: 16-Apr-1989
Profession: cricketer
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Scorpio 
About Miles Lawrence
- John Miles Lawrence (born 7 November 1940 at Rothwell, West Yorkshire; died 16 April 1989 at Toulston, Tadcaster, Yorkshire) played first-class cricket for Somerset in 18 matches between 1959 and 1961.
- The son of former Somerset all-rounder Johnny Lawrence, and like him a right-handed middle-order batsman and a leg-spin bowler, Miles Lawrence made 33 in his debut innings as an 18-year-old for Somerset late in the 1959 season.
- In the next match, he performed even better: he took 45 minutes to score his first run but then made 35 and shared a 118-run sixth-wicket partnership with his captain, Maurice Tremlett, before finishing off a victory for Somerset with three of the last four Nottinghamshire wickets.
- Those bowling figures of three for 44 were to remain his best, however.
- In 1960, he played five games without bettering his personal batting or bowling bests.
- The following year, he was given an extended run on the Somerset side, playing in 10 of the first 12 first-class matches.
- He was used almost entirely as a batsman, bowling just seven overs and failing to take a wicket.
- In 18 innings, two of them not out, he made only 199 runs at an average of 12.43.
- This included his highest score of 41, made against Middlesex at Taunton.
- He left Somerset at the end of the season, and did not play first-class cricket again. Miles Lawrence returned to Yorkshire where he was associated with his father's indoor cricket schools business and coached at Leeds Grammar School.
- In Yorkshire league cricket, he became a wicketkeeper.
- He died just four months after his father, aged 48.
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