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Lance Pearson
Launcelot Robert Pearson (1 January 1937 – 20 July 2019)[1] was a New Zealand cricketer and basketballer. Pearson was born at Dunedin in 1937 and educated at King's High School in the city.[2] He played 31 first-class matches for Otago between the 1961–62 and 1970–71 seasons.[3] An opening batsman, his highest score, and only first-class century, was 140 in Otago's victory over Auckland in 1969–70.[4] In the first match of the senior club season in Dunedin in 1966–67, he scored 203 for Kaikorai in just over three hours, with 20 fours and 13 sixes.[5] Pearson was prominent in basketball in Otago for most of his life as a player, coach and administrator. He captained Otago to national titles in 1968 and 1970. He was made a life member of Basketball Otago in 2019.[6] Pearson died later in the year at Dunedin. He was aged 82.[3] References
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