Laurie Bandy

{{short description|Australian cricketer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}}

{{Use Australian English|date=September 2012}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Laurie Bandy

| image = Laurie Bandy 1948.jpg

| image_size =

| caption = Bandy in 1948

| country = Australia

| fullname = Lawrence Henry Bandy

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1911|9|3|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Perth, Western Australia

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1984|7|18|1911|9|3|df=yes}}

| death_place = Scarborough, Western Australia

| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Right-arm leg break

| role = Batsman

| club1 = Western Australia

| year1 = {{nowrap|1939/40–1947/48}}

| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 7

| runs1 = 270

| bat avg1 = 27.00

| 100s/50s1 = 0/1

| top score1 = 53*

| deliveries1 = 264

| wickets1 = 3

| bowl avg1 = 36.33

| fivefor1 = 0

| tenfor1 = 0

| best bowling1 = 2/16

| catches/stumpings1 = 6/–

| date = 15 January

| year = 2012

| source = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/15/15722/15722.html CricketArchive

}}

Lawrence Henry Bandy (3 September 1911 – 18 July 1984) was an Australian cricketer who represented Western Australia in seven first-class matches between 1940 and 1948. Born in Perth, Bandy débuted for Western Australia Colts in 1935, scoring a duck against New South Wales.[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/168/168258.html Western Australia Colts v New South Wales] – CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 January 2012. He made his first-class debut four-and-a-half years later, in February 1940, playing two matches against a touring South Australian side. For a time during the mid-1940s, Bandy was considered Western Australia's premier batsman. However, WA was not yet admitted into the Sheffield Shield competition, so Bandy was restricted to playing touring sides. Western Australia was admitted into the Shield for the 1947–48 season, albeit on a limited basis. Bandy played three matches in the first season, which included a score of 53 not out, his highest score and only first-class half-century.[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/15/15722/First-Class_Matches.html First-class matches played by Lawrence Bandy] – CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 January 2012.

Bandy did not play any further first-class matches. At grade cricket level, holds several records for the Joondalup Cricket Club (previously the North Perth Cricket Club), including the most appearances (273 between the 1930–31 and 1951–52 seasons), and most career runs (8,267). Overall, Bandy played 309 grade cricket matches, the fourth-most of all-time, scoring 9,458 runs, the equal fourth-most of all-time.[http://www.waca.com.au/images/docs/publications/WADCCI%20Fixture%20Book%202011-12.pdf Fixture Book 2011–12] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120320040447/http://waca.com.au/images/docs/publications/WADCCI%20Fixture%20Book%202011-12.pdf |date=20 March 2012 }} – waca.com.au. Retrieved 15 January 2012. He later married a granddaughter of Wally Watts, a noted sportsman who represented Midland-Guildford on the committee of the Western Australian Cricket Association (WACA), and was also a brother-in-law of Ted Tyson, a footballer.[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article59358355 Cricket Loses Great Stalwart] – The Sunday Times. Published 14 July 1946. Retrieved from [http://trove.nla.gov.au Trove], 15 January 2012. Bandy died at his house in Scarborough in 1984.[http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia/content/player/4320.html Lawrence Bandy] – ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 15 January 2011.