Roy Crawford (cricketer)

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
Personal information
Full name
Francis Roy Crawford
Born(1917-12-23)23 December 1917
Wellington, New Zealand
Died29 July 1996(1996-07-29) (aged 78)
Wellington, New Zealand
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm leg-spin
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1937-38 to 1947-48Wellington
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 12
Runs scored 459
Batting average 20.86
100s/50s 0/3
Top score 55
Balls bowled 415
Wickets 6
Bowling average 47.33
5 wickets in innings 0
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 2/37
Catches/stumpings 8/0
Source: Cricinfo, 13 December 2019

Roy Crawford was a middle-order batsman and leg-spin bowler. He top-scored for Wellington with 12 and 40 when they were defeated by an innings by the touring Australians in 1945–46.[1] 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.[2]

He married Grace Maher, and served in the Royal New Zealand Air Force in World War II with the rank of leading aircraftman.[3]

References

  1. "Wellington v Australians 1945-46". CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
  2. "Auckland v Wellington 1945-46". CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
  3. "Births". Evening Post: 1. 20 December 1943.
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