Frederick William Lawrence (18 June 1887[1][5][6] – 4 January 1964)[3][4] was an English Billiards and snooker player.

It was announced in The Birmingham Daily Mail, that Roberts was greatly impressed with his performances, and would play Fred Lawrence at Stockton-on-Tees on 3 March 1905.

Roberts managed to catch up in the evening session, but he lost the game by 48 points after Lawrence made an unfinished break of 65.

[21] But from 1916, he made a recovery and occasionally played exhibitions against amateurs to raise money for local charities during the war.

[21][22] He started practicing more, returned to form by 1919[23] and won a tournament for second-class professional billiards players, held at Thurston's Hall.

[27] He reached the semi-final of the Midland Counties Billiards Championship in 1922, and was beaten 6,809 - 7,000 by Joe Davis.

Ignoring the advice of his doctor, Lawrence turned up to play on the last day of the final at Camkin's Hall in Birmingham but was too ill.

In a match against Joe Davis at Burroughes Hall in Piccadilly, on 12 October 1923, he finished a break of 662.

[34][35] Lawrence entered the World Snooker Championship on six occasions in the first half of the twentieth century.

[36] In the 1929 event, Lawrence was victorious over Alec Mann once more, this time by 13 frames to 12, to set up another meeting with Davis in the semi-final.

[38] The 1930 tournament followed a similar path - again Lawrence beat Mann, that year by two frames at 13–11.

[39] He next appeared at the World Championship in 1946, losing in the first round 9–22 to Kingsley Kennerley, and the 1947 tournament, which proved to be Lawrence's final as a professional, ended with a 10–25 loss to John Barrie in his opening match.