Cyril Crawford
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| Full name | Cyril Gore Crawford | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 13 March 1902 Christchurch, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 17 June 1988 (aged 86) Christchurch | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | Bill Playle (nephew) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1920-21 to 1931-32 | Canterbury | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 11 December 2014 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cyril Gore Crawford (13 March 1902 – 17 June 1988) was a cricketer who played first-class cricket for Canterbury from 1921 to 1932 and played for New Zealand in the days before New Zealand played Test cricket.
A middle-order batsman, Crawford struggled to establish a place in the Canterbury side until he scored 61 against the touring New South Wales team in 1923-24, when he "played the soundest cricket of any one on the side" and "more than justified his inclusion".[1] The next season, against the Victorians, he made 70 batting at number three,[2] when he "gave a sound exhibition of batting" and "made quite a lot of fine scoring shots", particularly the cut.[3]
He toured Australia with the New Zealand team in 1925-26, but failed in his two matches against state teams, although he scored 121 in a two-day match against a Northern Districts of New South Wales XI in the last match of the tour.[4] He played a few more Plunket Shield matches over subsequent seasons with little success.
Crawford was a stalwart of the St Albans club in Christchurch, playing 223 matches over nearly 30 years.[5] He was a life member of the Canterbury Cricket Association.[6]
References
- ^ The Press, 23 February 1924, p. 14.
- ^ Canterbury v Victorians 1924-25
- ^ The Press, 28 February 1925, p. 16.
- ^ Northern Districts of New South Wales v New Zealanders 1925-26
- ^ St Albans teams of the century Retrieved 12 December 2014.
- ^ Wisden 1989, p. 1158.