Lawrence Spence

{{short description|English cricketer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}}

{{Use British English|date=March 2016}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Lawrence Spence

| image =

| fullname = Lawrence Arthur Spence

| nickname = Lol

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1932|1|14|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Blaby, Leicestershire,
England

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2017|10|10|1932|1|14|df=yes}}

| death_place =

| heightft =

| heightinch =

| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Leg break

| role =

| family =

| club1 = Leicestershire

| year1 = 1952–1954

| clubnumber1 =

| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 20

| runs1 = 326

| bat avg1 = 11.64

| 100s/50s1 = 0/0

| top score1 = 44

| deliveries1 = 30

| wickets1 = 0

| bowl avg1 = –

| fivefor1 = 0

| tenfor1 = 0

| best bowling1 = –

| catches/stumpings1 = 4/–

| date = 9 February

| year = 2013

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/20951.html Cricinfo

}}

Lawrence 'Lol' Arthur Spence (14 January 1932 – 10 October 2017)[http://www.family-announcements.co.uk/leicestershire/view/4445452/spence Spence] was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman who bowled leg break. He was born at Blaby, Leicestershire.

Spence made his first-class debut for Leicestershire against Warwickshire in the 1952 County Championship at Grace Road, and made eight further appearances in that season.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/32/32952/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Lawrence Spence|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=9 February 2013}} The following season, he made ten first-class appearances, eight of them in the County Championship. His final first-class appearance for the county came in his only match in 1954 against Kent. He made a total of twenty first-class appearances for Leicestershire, scoring 326 runs at an average of 11.64, with a high score of 44.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/32/32952/f_Batting_by_Team.html|title=First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Lol Spence|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=9 February 2013}} He died in 2017.{{cite web|title=Lawrence 'Lol' Spence|url=http://www.thepca.co.uk/obituaries.html|publisher=Professional Cricketers' Association|accessdate=6 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170622192424/http://www.thepca.co.uk/obituaries.html|archive-date=22 June 2017|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|title=Lawrence 'Lol' Spence (1932-2017)|url=http://www.leicestershireccc.co.uk/news/2017/october/lawrence-lol-spence-1932-2017.html|website=Leicestershire County Cricket Club|accessdate=6 November 2017}}