Bill Lawton, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetBill Lawton
English cricketer
Date of Birth: 04-Jun-1920
Place of Birth: Ashton-under-Lyne, England, United Kingdom
Date of Death: 14-Aug-2008
Profession: cricketer
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Gemini 
About Bill Lawton
- William 'Bill' Lawton (4 June 1920 – 14 August 2008) was an English cricketer.
- Lawton was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace.
- He was born in Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire. Having played for the Lancashire Second XI since 1946, he made his first-class debut for the senior Lancashire team in 1948 against the touring Australians.
- Lawton did not take a wicket in this match, and was dismissed for a duck by Bill Johnston in Lancashire's first-innings.
- His second and final first-class match came in the same season against Oxford University.
- In Lancashire's first-innings, Lawton scored three runs before being dismissed by Basil Robinson.
- His only first-class wicket came in Oxford's first-innings when he took the wicket of Philip Whitcombe.
- He later played for Cumberland, making his debut for the county in its first Minor Counties Championship match in 1955 against the Yorkshire Second XI.
- He played eight Minor Counties Championship matches for Cumberland.Lawton was married to the actress Dora Bryan, whom he met in Oldham during World War II.
- They were married in Werneth St Thomas, Oldham in 1954.
- He once co-owned Clarges Hotel on the Brighton seafront with his wife, which was used as an exterior location in the films Carry On Girls and Carry On at Your Convenience.
- He and his wife were forced to sell the bulk of the building as a result of bankruptcy, but they retained a flat with a sea view on the first floor for many years.
- Lawton died in Brighton on 14 August 2008 following a battle with Alzheimer's disease.
- He was survived by his wife, with whom he had three children.
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