Famous Cricketers No 76 - J.N.Crawford

87. ENGLAND v SOUTH AFRICA, Kennington Oval, August 19, 20, 21 (Match drawn) c S.D.Snooke b R.O.Schwarz 2 295 11 2 33 0 178 1 c A.W.Nourse b A.E.E.Vogler 2 138 6 3 14 0 159-5 88. Surrey v Worcestershire, Worcester, August 22, 23, 24 (Match drawn) b F.A.Pearson 11 413 25 2 76 1 F.A.Pearson c H.Strudwick 294 c H.G.Bache b F.A.Pearson 9 187-6d 4 1 9 0 103-5 89. Surrey v Kent, Kennington Oval, August 29, 30, 31 (Surrey won by an innings and 13 runs) c K.L.Hutchings b C.Blythe103 426 12 2 29 1 C.Blythe b 250 15 3 50 5 F.E.Woolley c W.S.Lees 163 1 Jas Seymour b S.H.Day c A.Marshal J.R.Mason b C.Blythe c A.Marshal 90. Surrey v Leicestershire, Kennington Oval, September 2, 3, 4 (Surrey won by 156 runs) b T.Jayes 0 281 19 2 55 0 243 1 c W.W.Odell b T.Jayes 13 221-8d 16 1 35 2 C.J.B.Wood b 103 J.H.King c E.G.Hayes 91. Mr.Bamford’s XI v South Africans, Uttoxeter, September 5, 6 (South Africans won by an innings and 14 runs) c A.W.Nourse b G.C.White 0 92 4 0 13 0 257 c C.M.H.Hathorn b G.A.Faulkner 38 151 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Test matches 2 3 0 26 22 8.66 - - 1 Gentlemen v Players 2 3 0 33 17 11.00 - - 3 Championship 21 32 6 899 103 34.57 1 4 17 Other Surrey matches 2 4 0 162 69 40.50 - 2 2 Other matches 1 2 0 38 38 19.00 - - - Season 28 44 6 1158 103 30.47 1 6 23 Career 91 140 16 3635 148 29.31 4 16 61 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m Test matches 29 6 86 0 - - - - Gentlemen v Players 38.5 7 112 6 6-54 18.66 1 - Championship 698.2 185 1715 110 7-60 15.59 11 2 Other Surrey matches 57 10 176 8 4-66 22.00 - - Other matches 4 0 13 0 - - - - Season 827.1 208 2102 124 7-60 16.95 12 2 Career 2513.5 633 6736 367 8-24 18.35 26 7 1907/08 – MCC in Australia Crawford was the outstanding success in a disappointing series in which England were defeated by four matches to one. Reggie Foster, George Hirst, Tom Hayward, Johnny Tyldesley and Dick Lilley were unavailable; Charles Fry was not invited; and left-arm spinners Wilfred Rhodes and Colin Blythe were negligible forces. Thirty wickets at 24.73 saw him top the Test averages over Arthur Fielder (25 wickets at 25.08) and Sydney Barnes (24 at 26.08), and included eight wickets in each of the Second, Fourth and Fifth Tests. His batting returns were more modest but he did record a second half-century in the Adelaide Test Match. On the tour overall Crawford scored a century at Adelaide in the match against South Australia and his tally of 66 wickets was the highest aggregate in the English party. Prior to the Australian tour there were worrying signs that Crawford might not maintain his presence in the first-class game. From unsourced comments in his scrapbooks it was feared that ‘business claims may interfere with his cricket’ and that ‘he might remain in Australia if opportunity presents 15