Roy Crawford (cricketer)
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| Full name | Francis Roy Crawford | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 23 December 1917 Wellington, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 29 July 1996 (aged 78) Wellington, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm leg-spin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1937/38–1947/48 | Wellington | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1945/46 | Bay of Plenty | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1949/50 | Hutt Valley | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 13 December 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Francis Roy Crawford (23 December 1917 – 29 July 1996) was a New Zealand cricketer who played first-class cricket for Wellington from 1937 to 1948.
Roy Crawford was a "stylish but forceful" middle-order batsman and leg-spin bowler.[1] He top-scored for Wellington with 12 and 40 when they were defeated by an innings by the touring Australians in 1945–46.[2] Earlier that season he had also top-scored for Wellington with 55 (out of a total of 130) and 19 when Auckland beat them by an innings.[3] In 1946–47 he top-scored for Wellington against the touring MCC, making 50 in the first innings.[4]
Crawford attended St Patrick's College, Wellington.[5] He married Grace Maher, and served in the Royal New Zealand Air Force in World War II, first with the rank of leading aircraftman and later as a sergeant.[6][7]
References
- ^ Arthur H. Carman & Noel S. Macdonald (eds), The Cricket Almanack of New Zealand, Sporting Publications, Wellington, 1948, p. 24.
- ^ "Wellington v Australians 1945-46". CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
- ^ "Auckland v Wellington 1945-46". CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
- ^ "Wellington v MCC 1946-47". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 December 2025.
- ^ McCarron, Tony (2010). New Zealand Cricketers 1863/64–2010. Cardiff: The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. p. 38. ISBN 978-1-905138-98-2. Retrieved 24 December 2025.
- ^ "Births". Evening Post: 1. 20 December 1943.
- ^ "Francis Roy Crawford". Online Cenotaph. Retrieved 24 December 2025.