Lance Murray

{{short description|Trinidadian cricketer}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Lance Murray

| image =

| caption =

| fullname = Lance Hamilton Murray

| birth_date = {{birth date|1921|4|13}}

| birth_place = Trinidad

| death_date = {{death date and age|mf=yes|2012|10|21|1921|4|13}}

| death_place = Westmoorings, Trinidad

| family = Deryck Murray (son)

| country =

| batting =

| bowling = Right-arm leg-spin

| club1 = Trinidad

| year1 = 1956-57

| club2 = North Trinidad

| year2 = 1948-49 to 1959-60

| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 3

| runs1 = 55

| bat avg1 = 13.75

| 100s/50s1 = 0/0

| top score1 = 47 not out

| deliveries1 = 640

| wickets1 = 11

| bowl avg1 = 27.36

| fivefor1 = 0

| tenfor1 = 0

| best bowling1 = 4/70

| catches/stumpings1= 0/0

| source = https://www.espncricinfo.com/westindies/content/player/52602.html Cricinfo

| date = 22 November 2020

}}

Lance Hamilton Murray (13 April 1921 – 21 October 2012) was a Trinidad cricketer who played three matches of first-class cricket between 1956 and 1960. He was the father of the West Indies Test cricketer Deryck Murray.{{cite web | url-access=subscription |url = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/23/23944/23944.html| title = Lance Murray| publisher = CricketArchive| accessdate =22 November 2020}}

He became a prominent cricket administrator, and served as director of the West Indies Cricket Board. He was inducted into the Trinidad and Tobago Sports Hall of Fame in 1995 for his work as a sports administrator.{{cite news| work=Cricinfo |accessdate=22 November 2020| title= Former administrator Lance Murray dies|url= https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/22174906/former-administrator-lance-murray-dies|date=24 October 2012}} He was awarded Trinidad and Tobago's Chaconia Gold Medal and Medal of Merit.{{cite news| work=Trinidad and Tobago Guardian |accessdate=22 November 2020| title= Lance Murray dies age 91|url= https://www.guardian.co.tt/article-6.2.433204.2f43ae147e|date=22 October 2012}}

He was also a football player and coach.{{cite news| last=Corneal|first=Alvin|author-link=Alvin Corneal|work=Trinidad and Tobago Guardian |accessdate=22 November 2020| title= Thoughtful, meticulous decision-maker|url= https://www.guardian.co.tt/article-6.2.433352.c087e25b4a|date=25 October 2012}}