Lawson Macgregor Roll (born 8 March 1965) is a former English

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er. Roll was a right-handed

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who bowled right-arm

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. He was born in

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. Roll made his only first-class appearance for

against the touring

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in 1984. In this match he wasn't required to bat and with the ball he bowled 15 wicket-less overs. He later played 2

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matches for the

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, against

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in 1999 and

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in 2000. His grandfather, Henry Roll, played a first-class match for

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in 1927.

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Lawson Roll
at CricketArchive 1965 births Living people English people of Scottish descent People from Thornbury, Gloucestershire English cricketers Gloucestershire cricketers Gloucestershire Cricket Board cricketers Cricketers from Gloucestershire 20th-century English sportsmen {{England-cricket-bio-1960s-stub