Ernest Crawshaw
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| Full name | Ernest Elgood Crawshaw | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 23 June 1889 Christchurch, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 9 October 1918 (aged 29) Le Cateau-Cambrésis, Nord, France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1907-08 to 1913-14 | Canterbury | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 18 December 2017 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ernest Elgood Crawshaw (23 June 1889 – 9 October 1918) was a New Zealand cricketer who played first-class cricket for Canterbury. He died in France in World War I.
Life and career[edit]
Ernest Crawshaw was born in Christchurch and educated at Christchurch Boys' High School, where he captained the school's cricket and rugby teams.[1] In 1908 he was awarded the school's inaugural Deans Memorial Scholarship, presented to a senior boy with outstanding personal qualities.[2] He became an accountant, and married Elsie Lorraine Gunn Francis. They had one son.[1][3]
He played cricket for Canterbury while still at school and appeared several times for them before World War I, making some useful contributions as a bowler and fieldsman.[4]
During the war he enlisted in the 1st Battalion Canterbury Regiment and travelled as part of D Company 36th Reinforcements to France, sailing from Wellington in May 1918. A sergeant-major, he was killed in action at Le Cateau on 9 October 1918.[5][1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c "The Fallen and Wounded". Press. Vol. LIV, no. 16354. 28 October 1918. p. 8. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
- ^ "Prize Distributions". Press. Vol. LXIV, no. 11298. 16 December 1908. p. 8. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
- ^ "Roll of Honour". Sun. Vol. V, no. 1469. 28 October 1918. p. 1. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
- ^ "Ernest Crawshaw". CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
- ^ Nigel McCrery, Final Wicket: Test and First Class Cricketers Killed in the Great War, Pen & Sword Books, Barnsley, 2015, pp. 456–57.
External links[edit]
- Ernest Crawshaw at ESPNcricinfo
- Ernest Crawshaw at CricketArchive (subscription required)
- Ernest Elgood Crawshaw at Auckland Museum Online Cenotaph
