[1][2] Lawrence was born in the English county of Surrey in 1849.
In New Zealand he worked as a fireman for a gas company in Wellington.
[3] He appeared in his only first-class match, a March 1874 fixture against Nelson, as a full substitute for Francis Bell, batting only in Wellington's second innings during which he scored a single run.
[2] Lawrence died in March 1936 as the result of a collision with a steam-roller which had occurred 18 months previously.
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