Laurie Sawle

Laurie Sawle

Lawrence Michael Sawle (born 19 August 1925 at East Fremantle, Western Australia) is a former first-class cricketer from Western Australia.

Sawle played for his home state from 1954/55 to 1960/61 as an opening batsman before a distinguished career as state selector in the 1970s, then as a senior WACA administrator, director of the Australian Cricket Board and chairman of selectors for the national team from 1994 to 1997.cite book|author=Barker A.J.|year=1997|title=The WACA: An Australian Cricket Success Story|publisher=Allen & Unwin, St. Leonard|pages=p. 141] In his state selector role, Sawle partnered with Alan Edwards and Wally Langdon during the Western Australian team's most successful years.

He was a teacher and headmaster at many state schools throughout Western Australia.

References

External links

* [http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/australia/content/player/7757.html Cricinfo article on Laurie Sawle]


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