He replaced the first grade half-back Alf Cox due to a broken collarbone, in the 1942 Grand Final.
[2] He later returned to his local area after the war and went on to star for the South Grafton Rugby League club between 1946-1956 and represented Upper Clarence during his playing career.
Note: His surname was often spelt incorrectly in the press as 'Laurence'.
[3] South Grafton Rugby League Club named Eric Lawrence in their team of the Century in 2014.
This rugby league football biography relating to an Australian born in the 1920s is a stub.