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Bill Lawrence (cricketer)

New Zealand cricketer

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionFeb 19, 2025
Entity authorityQ101079961 ↗
Source-derived summary

Bill Lawrence (born 19 September 1963) is a New Zealand former cricketer. He played in eight first-class and six List A matches for Canterbury from 1986 to 1988. After his cricket career, he became a bank manager.

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The public source identifies “Bill Lawrence (cricketer)” as new Zealand cricketer. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Bill, Lawrence and cricketer.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1963, 1986, 1988—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1963-09-19. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Bill, Lawrence and cricketer providing the first useful test.
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Named sources, stable identifiers and responsible institutions provide the strongest route from overview to verifiable evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated Feb 19, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q101079961. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1963, 1986 and 1988.

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This entry incorporates text from “Bill Lawrence (cricketer)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.