Famous Cricketers No 76 - J.N.Crawford

finished with 11-44 for the match. He posted a second century against Leicestershire. Other highlights for the 18-year-old were his seven wickets in the match for the Rest of England against the Champion County, Yorkshire and having W.G.Grace catch the Australian captain Joe Darling off his bowling. A cryptic remark in Wisden to the effect that ‘time alone can decide whether Crawford will rival A.G.Steel and F.S.Jackson and captain a victorious England team (or will it be a victorious South African one?) in a test match’ suggests uncertainty about his commitment to the county game was already extant. The South African connection may have arisen from his late uncle’s activities in that country, though those had ended five years before. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 10. Surrey v Gentlemen of England, Kennington Oval, April 24, 25, 26 (Match drawn) c T.T.Brewer b W.Brearley 3 86 5.5 1 17 2 A.T.A.Dobson c F.Stedman 115 1 W.Brearley b c T.T.Brewer b G.W.Beldam 5 282 18 2 64 1 E.H.D.Sewell b 164-7 11. Surrey v Nottinghamshire, Kennington Oval, August 7, 8 (Surrey won by eight wickets) st T.W.Oates b J.R.Gunn 12 174 23 12 30 1 T.W.Oates b 112 did not bat - 78-2 6 2 14 0 137 12. Surrey v Yorkshire, Headingley, August 10, 11 (Yorkshire won by five wickets) c G.H.Hirst b H.Myers 42 171 33.4 9 90 7 J.Tunnicliffe c J.B.Hobbs 231 J.W.Rothery b D.Denton b F.S.Jackson b S.Haigh b H.Myers lbw D.Hunter b b H.Myers 5 91 4.5 2 10 0 33-5 13. Surrey v Derbyshire, Derby, August 14, 15, 16 (Surrey won by nine wickets) not out 119 550 7 2 28 2 A.Morton c F.C.Holland 207 A.R.Warren b did not bat - 21-1 14 3 31 0 363 14. Surrey v Warwickshire, Edgbaston, August 17, 18, 19 (Match drawn) c E.J.Smith b S.Santall 43 217 20 3 59 2 T.S.Fishwick lbw 372-8d E.J.Smith b did not bat - 131-1 15. Surrey v Gloucestershire, Bristol, August 21, 22, 23 (Gloucestershire won by eight wickets) c and b G.L.Jessop 2 110 9 2 38 0 296 b G.L.Jessop 4 242 - - - - 57-2 16. Surrey v Worcestershire, Worcester, August 24, 25, 26 (Match drawn) b G.A.Wilson 42 170 21 1 69 2 R.E.Foster b 367 G.A.Wilson c F.C.Holland did not bat - 293-2 17. Surrey v Northamptonshire, Kennington Oval, August 28, (29), 30 (Surrey won by an innings and 124 runs) c B.C.Smith b L.T.Driffield 0 211 14.3 7 24 8 M.Cox b 55 1 R.O.Raven b G.J.Thompson b L.T.Driffield c F.C.Holland H.B.Simpson st H.Strudwick N.F.Norman b T.Horton c F.C.Holland B.C.Smith c and b 10 3 20 3 R.O.Raven c E.G.Hayes 32 L.T.Driffield b H.E.Kingston c H.Strudwick 18. Surrey v Kent, Kennington Oval, August 31, September 1, 2 (Match tied) b E.Humphreys 31 125 24 7 55 1 S.H.Day b 202 c J.R.Mason b C.Blythe 14 161 3 0 15 0 84 19. Surrey v Leicestershire, Kennington Oval, September 4, 5, 6 (Match drawn) not out 142 549-6d 5 1 21 0 164 13 1 42 2 C.E.deTrafford b 190-3 A.E.Knight b 6