Famous Cricketers No 76 - J.N.Crawford

and in July of him coaching golf in the Queenstown and Lakes district. However, it appreciated his offer in August to go forgo part of his salary in exchange for him being allowed to offer his services to various clubs as a free agent. The OCA had reduced its senior competition to six teams by eliminating Carisbrook and Colts. Crawford would play for the Albion, Dunedin, Albion, St Kilda and Albion clubs on successive November-December weekends. In December Otago Boys High School recontracted Crawford for coaching. Early in 1916 there were complaints about Crawford’s overall coaching conduct and a proposal was put to terminate his contract with the OCA. He offered to drop his salary to £245. In April the association asked him to accept £200 but he then lifted it back to £300 whereupon the OCA offered £150 for immediate termination. This was refused. The termination took place on 1 June on the basis of a payment of £200. In August the New Zealand Military Service Act came into force and in November ballots for call-up began. 1917/18 – in New Zealand In 1917 Crawford accompanied other recruits to the Trentham camp near Wellington. Before receiving an overseas posting he rejoined his wife in Dunedin. He also appeared twice for Wellington against Auckland, scoring a century and taking ten wickets for the thirteenth (and last) time in his career in the Auckland game, and capturing another five wicket haul in the match at Wellington. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 197. Wellington v Auckland, Auckland, January 26, 28 (Wellington won by eight wickets) c F.A.Midlane b C.C.R.Dacre 110 308 30 8 90 5 F.A.Midlane b 218 1 A.N.C.Snedden b E.Horspool c and b C.C.R.Dacre b L.G.Taylor b not out 4 5-2 13 1 53 5 F.A.Midlane c J.S.Hiddleston 94 E.Horspool b C.C.R.Dacre b L.G.Taylor b H.Simpson c W.S.Brice 198. Wellington v Auckland, Wellington, March 30, April 1, 2 (Wellington won by an innings and 12 runs) b R.J.Coates 42 327 20.1 5 47 5 F.A.Midlane b 125 1 L.G.Hemus b W.Brook Smith b D.R.Garrard b T.C.Lowry b 24 4 52 1 C.C.R.Dacre c D.J.Tuckwell 190 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Other matches 2 3 1 156 110 78.00 1 - 2 Career to date 198 307 30 8882 232 32.06 14 42 159 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m Other matches 87.1 18 242 16 5-47 15.12 3 1 Career 5633.2 1260 15942 789 8-24 20.20 57 12 1918 Crawford accompanied a New Zealand contingent to England, arriving too late (July 1918) to go to the front. The Repton School War Register (1901 cohort) lists him as a Rifleman in the New Zealand Rifle Brigade and shows him as having enlisted in July 1917 and been demobilised in April 1919. New Zealand Army records show that Anita Crawford returned to the Adelaide suburb of Beulah Park 33