Laurence Champniss

Laurence John Champniss (20 February 1939 – 17 September 2017) was a former English cricketer. Champniss was a left-handed batsman who bowled leg break googly.

Laurence Champniss

Personal information
Full name	Laurence John Champniss
Born	(1939-02-20)20 February 1939 Harrow, Middlesex, England
Died	17 September 2017(2017-09-17) (aged 78)
Batting	Left-handed
Bowling	Leg break googly
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1973/74	Marylebone Cricket Club
1971–1977	Buckinghamshire
Career statistics
Competition First-class List A Matches 1 2 Runs scored 17 – Batting average – – 100s/50s –/– –/– Top score 17* – Balls bowled 32 144 Wickets 1 2 Bowling average 4.00 42.50 5 wickets in innings – – 10 wickets in match – – Best bowling 1/1 1/32 Catches/stumpings –/– –/–
Source: Cricinfo, 6 May 2011

Personal life

Born in Harrow, Middlesex, the son of George Champniss. He was educated at a Harrow School, where he represented and captained the school cricket team.^[1] He later married Venetia Alma Mary Jolly, the daughter of Stewart Croft Jolly and Lady Sibell Alma Kathleen Le Poer Trench, on 15 July 1961. The couple had four children.

Cricket career

Champniss made his debut for Buckinghamshire in the 1971 Minor Counties Championship against Norfolk. Champniss played Minor counties cricket for Buckinghamshire from 1971 to 1977, which included 43 Minor Counties Championship matches.^[2] In 1972, he made his List A debut against Glamorgan in the Gillette Cup. He was dismissed for a duck in this match by John Solanky, in what was his only List A batting innings.^[3] He took his maiden wicket in this match, that of Eifion Jones.^[4] He played his second and final List A match in the 1974 Gillette Cup against Kent.^[5] He took his second and final List A wicket in this match, that of David Nicholls.^[6] His 2 wickets came at a bowling average of 42.50.^[7]

Champniss made a single first-class appearance during his career, for the Marylebone Cricket Club against East Africa on their 1973/74 tour of East Africa.^[8] In his only first-class batting innings he scored an unbeaten 17.^[9] With the ball he took a single wicket, that of Majid Pandor.^[10][11]

References

1. "Teams Laurence Champniss played for". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 May 2011.
2. "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Laurence Champniss". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 May 2011.
3. "List A Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Laurence Champniss". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 May 2011.
4. "Buckinghamshire v Glamorgan, 1972 Gillette Cup". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 May 2011.
5. "List A Matches played by Laurence Champniss". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 May 2011.
6. "Kent v Buckinghamshire, 1974 Gillette Cup". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 May 2011.
7. "List A Bowling For Each Team by Laurence Champniss". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 May 2011.
8. "First-Class Matches played by Laurence Champniss". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 May 2011.
9. "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Laurence Champniss". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 May 2011.
10. "East Africa v Marylebone Cricket Club, 1973/74". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 May 2011.
11. "First-class Bowling For Each Team by Laurence Champniss". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 May 2011.

External links

• Laurence Champniss at ESPNcricinfo
• Laurence Champniss at CricketArchive