# David Lawrence

> David Valentine Lawrence was an English cricketer, who mainly played for Gloucestershire and briefly featured for England, becoming the first British-born black player to represent the country. He picked up 625 wickets in 280 matches for Gloucestershire, where he appeared in a bowling attack alongside Courtney Walsh and Kevin Curran. Lawrence later suffered a severe knee injury, on international duty, which curtailed his playing days. In 2022, he became the first black president of Gloucestershire County Cricket Club. He was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2025 Birthday Honours for services to cricket. He was popularly nicknamed "Syd" after the British bandleader of that name.

*English Test and County cricketer (born 1964)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Athlete ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131))
- **Category:** Athletes
- **Country:** United Kingdom
- **Born:** 1964-01-28
- **Died:** 2025-06-21
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Fame
- **Fame score:** 46.6

## Sources
- [David Lawrence (krikätan)](https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Lawrence_(krik%C3%A4tan))
- [ديفيد لورنس (لاعب كريكت)](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%AF_%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%B3_(%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%A8_%D9%83%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%AA))
- [ديفيد لورانس (لاعب كريكت)](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%AF_%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3_(%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%A8_%D9%83%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%AA))
- [ডেভিড লরেন্স](https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%A1%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%AD%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A1_%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B8)
- [David Lawrence (Cricketspieler)](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Lawrence_(Cricketspieler))
- [David Lawrence (cricketer)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Lawrence_(cricketer))
- [डेव्हिड लॉरेंस](https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%A1%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B5%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A1_%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%89%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%B8)
- [டேவிட் லோரன்ஸ்](https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%87%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%8B%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%B8%E0%AF%8D)
- [ڈیوڈ لارنس (کرکٹ کھلاڑی)](https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%88%DB%8C%D9%88%DA%88_%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%B3_(%DA%A9%D8%B1%DA%A9%D9%B9_%DA%A9%DA%BE%D9%84%D8%A7%DA%91%DB%8C))
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5236372)

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