Edward Crutchley

Edward Crutchley (2 April 1922 – 18 October 1982) was an English cricketer who played two first-class matches for Middlesex County Cricket Club in 1947.[1]

Crutchley was born at Paddington in London, the son of Gerry Crutchley who had played for Middlesex between 1910 and 1930. He was educated at Harrow School where he was in the cricket XI, scoring a century against Eton College at Lord's in 1939.[2]

He studied at Christ Church, Oxford before serving in the British Army Scot's Guards during World War II; wounded in Italy. After the War he was a partner in the Stockbroking firm Read, Hurst-Brown, in the City of London. Crutchley died of Prostate Cancer at Mount Alvernia nursing home at Guildford in 1982 aged 60.[2][3]

References
  1. Edward Crutchley, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2019-12-22.
  2. Crutchley, Edward, Obituaries in 1982, Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 1983. Retrieved 2019-12-22.
  3. Edward Crutchley, CricInfo. Retrieved 2019-12-22.


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