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[[Image:EddieCrushMC.jpg|thumb|left|Award of the Military Cross by Field Marshal Montgomery]] |
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Crush played First Class cricket for Kent as an [[off spin|offspinner]] |
Crush played First Class cricket for Kent as an [[off spin|offspinner]], occasional seamer as well as a lower order batsman. The highlight of his career was dismissing [[Don Bradman]] in 1948 when Kent played the touring [[Australian cricket team]].<ref>[http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/300481.html Cricinfo "Eddie Crush dies aged 90" July 3, 2007]</ref> Crush retired after the 1949 season. |
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He died in 2007. |
He died in 2007. |
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Full name | Edmund Crush | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Bowling | Right-arm offspinner | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1946 - 1949 | Kent County Cricket Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Family, 4th May 2009 |
Edmund ("Eddie") Crush (25 April, 1917 – 9 June, 2007) was an English cricketer playing for Kent between 1946 and 1949.
Crush was born in Dover in 1917. [1] He served during World War II in the Royal Engineers. On D-Day, he was a Subaltern and decorated with the Military Cross for his actions on the day by Field Marshal Montgomery. His citation read: "As a result of his courage and determined leadership, anti-tank guns, troops and an anti-tank regiment of the Royal Artillery were able to get up to the objective for consolidation at a very early stage in the battle." [2]
Crush played First Class cricket for Kent as an offspinner, occasional seamer as well as a lower order batsman. The highlight of his career was dismissing Don Bradman in 1948 when Kent played the touring Australian cricket team.[3] Crush retired after the 1949 season.
He died in 2007.
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