Mark Philip Lawrence (6 May 1962 – 21 August 2010) was an English first-class cricketer. Lawrence was born at Warrington in May 1962. He was educated at Manchester Grammar School, before going up to Merton College, Oxford. While studying at Oxford, he played first-class cricket for Oxford University, making his debut against Hampshire in 1982. He played first-class cricket for Oxford until 1935, making eleven appearances. Playing as a slow left-arm orthodox bowler, Lawrence took 42 wickets at an expensive average of 70.92 and best figures of 3 for 79. Describing himself as "the least bad slow left-armer at Oxford", he holds the record for the highest bowling average in first-class cricket (for a minimum of 5,000 balls bowled).