Laurence Henry Key (5 May 1895 – 18 April 1971) played first-class

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in eight matches between 1919 and 1922. He was born at

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and died at

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. Key was a lower-order left-handed batsman and a slow left-arm spin bowler, which was not a useful skill to have in a team dominated by the bowling of

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, also slow left-arm. He played in three matches in 1919, making his highest score, 30, in the second of these, against

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. Four more games followed with less success in 1921 and to the end of that season he had bowled just a single over in first-class cricket. In 1922, however, in the match against

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at Aylestone Road, Leicester, White was not playing and Key was given 17.1 overs, and took two wickets, the only dismissals of his first-class career. This was, however, his last match in first-class cricket.

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