Henry Lawson (cricketer) should not be confused with Geoff Lawson (cricketer).
| Henry Lawson | |
| Fullname: | Henry Wallace Lawson |
| Birth Date: | 1865 |
| Birth Place: | Sydney, Australia |
| Death Date: | 12 January 1941 (aged 75) |
| Death Place: | Mount Eden, Auckland, New Zealand |
| Bowling: | Right-arm medium |
| Role: | Bowler |
| Club1: | Wellington |
| Club2: | Auckland |
| Year2: | 1891/92–1897/98 |
| Columns: | 1 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 17 |
| Runs1: | 257 |
| Bat Avg1: | 10.70 |
| 100S/50S1: | 0/0 |
| Top Score1: | 38 |
| Deliveries1: | 2,059 |
| Wickets1: | 58 |
| Bowl Avg1: | 12.03 |
| Fivefor1: | 5 |
| Tenfor1: | 3 |
| Best Bowling1: | 7/25 |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 6/– |
| Date: | 15 June |
| Year: | 2016 |
| Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/37643.html Cricinfo |
Henry Wallace Lawson (1865 – 12 January 1941) was a New Zealand cricketer. He played first-class cricket for Auckland and Wellington between 1883 and 1898.[1] [2]
An accurate right-arm medium-pace bowler, Lawson took 5 for 13 and 5 for 17 on his first-class debut for Wellington in Nelson in 1883–84, but still finished on the losing side to Nelson by 39 runs.[3] When Nelson visited Wellington the next season he took 3 for 25 and 7 for 25, this time in the winning side.[4] Earlier that season he had taken 5 for 68 and 6 for 70 in a drawn match against Auckland.[5] He was less successful after he moved to Auckland in the early 1890s.[6]
Lawson married Margaret Short in 1888.[7] They had one daughter.[8] He died at his home in the Auckland suburb of Mount Eden in January 1941, aged 75.[9]