Famous Cricketers No 76 - J.N.Crawford

b C.W.B.Martin 22 249 18 6 50 4 T.A.Tabart b 174 N.Dodds b W.B.Richardson b H.O.Smith b 103. MCC v Victoria, Melbourne, February 1, 3, 4 (MCC won by 330 runs) c F.T.Delves b E.V.Carroll 69 338 1 0 3 0 77 1 did not bat - 241-4d 20 4 63 2 H.J.Fry b 172 T.R.Rush c S.F.Barnes 104. ENGLAND v AUSTRALIA, Melbourne, February 7, 8, 10, 11 (Australia won by 308 runs) b J.V.Saunders 1 105 23.5 3 48 5 M.A.Noble b 214 2 S.E.Gregory c A.Fielder W.W.Armstrong b H.Carter c and b J.D.A.O’Connor c A.Fielder c H.Carter b J.D.A.O’Connor 0 186 25 5 72 3 M.A.Noble b 385 V.T.Trumper b C.G.Macartney c G.Gunn 105. ENGLAND v AUSTRALIA, Sydney, February 21, 22, 24, 25, 26, 27 (Australia won by 49 runs) c C.Hill b J.V.Saunders 6 281 18 4 52 3 J.D.A.O’Connor c R.A.Young 137 3 W.W.Armstrong c and b R.J.Hartigan c and b not out 24 229 36 10 141 5 C.G.Macartney c A.O.Jones 422 S.E.Gregory b C.Hill c R.A.Young W.W.Armstrong c G.Gunn R.J.Hartigan b 106. MCC v South Australia, Adelaide, March 2, 3, 4 (Match drawn) b J.D.A.O’Connor 54 404 32 6 101 1 W.A.Hewer b 445 did not bat - 134-4 107. MCC v Western Australia, Perth, March 13, 14, 16 (Match drawn) c A.H.Christian b T.H.Hogue 9 362-7d 40 14 85 4 S.H.D.Rowe b 256 T.H.Hogue b G.B.Moysey b H.C.Howard c A.O.Jones 19 5 52 1 A.H.Christian b 265-7 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Test matches 5 10 1 162 64 18.00 - 1 6 Other matches 11 14 - 448 114 32.00 1 2 9 Tour 16 24 1 610 114 26.52 1 3 15 Career 107 164 17 4245 148 28.87 5 19 76 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m Test matches 237.4 36 742 30 5-48 24.73 3 - Other matches 328.2 79 921 36 5-40 25.58 1 - Tour 566 115 1663 66 5-40 25.19 4 - Career 3079.5 748 8399 433 8-24 19.39 30 7 1908 Crawford missed his third consecutive double by two wickets. Several reasons can be advanced. In the first place Surrey fielded an increasingly diverse attack. Walter Lees, Bill Hitch, ‘Razor’ Smith, Alan Marshal, Ernest Hayes, Ernest Kirk, Tom Rushby and William Spring. He was used less as a strike bowler, delivering only 642 overs in 24 matches, compared to 813 overs in 28 matches in 1906 and 698 overs in 21 matches in 1907. Finally there were three matches in which he was not bowled at all, and a further two when he did not bowl in the first innings. It is also possible that changes in captaincy had some effect. Henry Leveson-Gower injured his thumb in his first match as Surrey’s 17