Bill Lawry
Lawry was born in the Melbourne suburb of Thornbury. He was given the names William Morris after the early Prime Minister of Australia, William Morris Hughes. His father Alfred played amateur cricket until the age of 51. Bill never saw his father play, who was aged 47 when Bill was born. Aged nine, he played competitive cricket for the first time with the Thornbury Presbyterian Church team. He spent three years there, as well as playing for Preston Technical School. When he was twelve, he entered Melbourne's district competition playing for Northcote's fourth team, working his way up to the First XI by the age of sixteen. At the time, he was apprenticed as a plumber and attending Preston Technical College. Lawry was selected for Victoria's Second XI at the age of seventeen. He made a duck against the South Australians and did not see any further action for the Seconds for the rest of the summer of 1954–55. The following season, Lawry was recalled to the Seconds and scored 183 against South Australia.
Bill Murch
William Henry ("Bill") Murch (18 November 1867 – 1 May 1928) was an English cricketer active from 1889 to 1906 who played for Gloucestershire and London County. He appeared in 88 first-class matches as a righthanded batsman who bowled right arm medium pace. He scored 1,337 runs with a highest score of 58 and held 41 catches. An occasional wicketkeeper, he also completed one stumping. He took 207 wickets with a best analysis of eight for 68.