Lawes

American

[lawz] / lɔz /

noun

Henry Harry, 1596–1662, English composer.
Lewis E(dward), 1883–1947, U.S. penologist.

Lawes British

/ lɔːz /

noun

Henry. 1596–1662, English composer, noted for his music for Milton's masque Comus (1634) and for his settings of some of Robert Herrick's poems
his brother, William . 1602–45, English composer, noted for his harmonically experimental instrumental music

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There is a Chris Woakes-shaped hole for a new-ball bowler that could be filled by Tom Lawes.

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Courtney Lawes was ushered in as a stand-in captain after an injury to regular skipper Owen Farrell in 2021 and duly oversaw a victory over South Africa that November and a series win against Australia the following summer.

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In his newspaper column, external during the week Courtney Lawes, the great England forward of recent vintage, said of Scotland that he would get annoyed if he felt he was going up against a team "that only plays well because it's England".

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"I have never understood Scotland's mentality that a bad season can be saved by winning the Calcutta Cup," Lawes said.

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Scotland haven't won anything, Lawes is correct.

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