Famous Cricketers No 76 - J.N.Crawford

1912/13 – in Australia Crawford played in his second Sheffield Shield winning combination. He opened the season in fine form with the ball in a non-Shield encounter with Western Australia, taking 11-71 (including a first innings hat-trick) at Adelaide Oval and saw his team-mate, and former St. Peter’s College student, A.G. ‘Johnny’ Moyes make a century on debut. Thereafter he made important contributions with either bat or ball in the remaining matches. Crawford’s most spectacular performance was in the last match of the season against Victoria at the Oval when he blasted 163 in 177 minutes in the first innings and then took 8-66 in the first innings of his opponents, and nine wickets for the match. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 172. South Australia v Western Australia, Adelaide, October 25, 26, 28 (South Australia won by 365 runs) b A.H.Christian 28 270 9 1 31 7 H.C.Howard c D.R.A.Gehrs 69 S.H.D.Rowe c C.Hill T.H.Hogue c S.G.Leak A.H.Christian c W.S.Stirling L.C.Bott b H.A.Evers b R.A.Selk b c H.A.Evers b C.A.Lehmann 7 410 17 5 40 4 L.C.Bott b 246 2 H.A.Evers c and b W.W.Hogue b R.A.Selk c S.G.Leak 173. South Australia v New South Wales, Adelaide, December 20, 21, 23 (South Australia won by an innings and 53 runs) b B.J.Folkard 47 569 22 4 55 1 C.G.McKew b 276 22 5 78 4 E.L.Waddy b 240 2 J.C.Barnes b S.H.Emery c P.D.Rundell B.J.Folkard c and b 174. South Australia v Victoria, Melbourne, January 1, 2, 3 (South Australia won by 68 runs) c T.J.Matthews b W.W.Armstrong 83 309 20 2 73 1 N.E.Brown c G.C.Campbell 229 2 c W.Carkeek b J.Ryder 0 128 16.4 1 49 2 F.A.Baring b 140 J.Ryder b 175. South Australia v New South Wales, Sydney, January 10, 11, 13, 14 (New South Wales won by 84 runs) c W.Bardsley b D.R.Cullen 19 331 30 0 124 3 E.P.Barbour b 513 C.G.Macartney c H.H.M.Bridgman D.R.Cullen st G.C.Campbell b R.J.A.Massie 8 412 16 1 68 1 C.G.Macartney lbw 314 1 176. The Rest of Australia v New South Wales, Sydney, February 7, 8, 10, (11) (Match drawn) c W.Bardsley b M.A.Noble 0 358 17 1 73 1 R.J.A.Massie lbw 389 2 c M.A.Noble b R.J.A.Massie20 265 7 0 45 0 146-7 2 177. South Australia v Victoria, Adelaide, February 28, March 1, 3, 4 (South Australia won by 166 runs) c F.A.Baring b W.H.Cannon 163 368 22.5 7 66 8 E.V.Carroll b 209 E.L.Carroll b F.A.Baring b W.W.Armstrong b M.D.Hotchin b W.Carkeek c D.R.A.Gehrs J.L.McNaughton b W.H.Cannon b b C.McKenzie 18 222 23 5 60 1 T.J.Matthews b 215 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Sheffield Shield 4 7 0 338 163 48.28 1 1 5 Other SA matches 1 2 0 35 28 17.50 - - 2 Other matches 1 2 0 20 20 10.00 - - 4 Season 6 11 0 393 163 35.72 1 1 11 Career 177 277 26 7739 232 30.83 11 37 139 27