The son of Major-General
Charles Lawrie, he was born at
Kensington in December 1902. He was educated at
Eton College, where he played for the college cricket team. After success in the
Eton v Harrow of 1921, Lawrie made his debut in
first-class cricket for
Hampshire against
Glamorgan in the
1921 County Championship at
Southampton. After leaving Eton, he matriculated to
Balliol College, Oxford. He was a member of the
Oxford University Cricket Club, but failed to initially gain a place in the Oxford team after failing in a trial match in 1922. which was a score of 107 against
Leicestershire in 1923, which was made in under two hours and helped Hampshire to avoid defeat. For Oxford University, he scored 125 runs at an average of 15.62, with a highest score of 39. Lawrie died in February 1988 at Teignmouth Hospital in
Teignmouth, Devon. ==References==