Famous Cricketers No 76 - J.N.Crawford

20. Gentlemen of the South v Players of the South, Hastings, September 7, 8, 9 (Match drawn) not out 22 147-7 26 9 81 5 T.W.Hayward c K.O.Goldie 200 A.Marshal b E.H.Killick c Dalmeny L.C.Braund b G.R.Cox b 21. South v Australians, Hastings, September (11), 12, 13 (Match drawn) b M.A.Noble 0 134 20 1 69 4 J.Darling c W.G.Grace 211 W.W.Armstrong b M.A.Noble c T.W.Hayward J.J.Kelly c W.S.Lees b C.E.McLeod 11 166-7d - - - - 46-2 22. Rest of England v Yorkshire, Yorkshire, Kennington Oval, September 14, 15, 16 (Yorkshire won by 65 runs) c H.Myers b W.Rhodes 44 172 13 4 28 4 W.Rhodes c T.W.Hayward 190 1 H.Myers b M.B.Hawke b W.Ringrose lbw b W.Rhodes 2 166 16 0 63 3 J.Tunnicliffe b 213 D.Denton b G.H.Hirst b SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Championship 9 12 2 456 142* 45.60 2 - 1 Other Surrey matches 1 2 0 8 5 4.00 - - 1 Other matches 3 5 1 79 44 19.75 - - 1 Season 13 19 3 543 142* 33.93 2 - 3 Career 22 34 4 772 142* 25.73 2 1 9 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m Championship 208 55 546 28 8-24 19.50 2 1 Other Surrey matches 23.5 3 81 3 2-17 27.00 - - Other matches 75 14 241 16 5-81 15.06 1 - Season 306.5 72 868 47 8-24 18.46 3 1 Career 569.4 130 1613 91 8-24 17.72 6 2 1905/06 – MCC in South Africa The highlight of Crawford’s South African tour was that in his twenty-fifth first-class match he became England’s 143rd and youngest Test player at 19 years and 32 days, a record until Brian Close made his debut against New Zealand in 1949. Although his Test performances were solid with the bat and modest with the ball in a series in which England were annihilated 4-1 he performed well in a mixture of first-class games and other fixtures. Overall Crawford’s figures were 29 innings, twice not out, 1,061 runs at an average of 39.26 with two centuries. He bowled 369.3 overs 118 maidens, 941 runs, 91 wickets at an average of 10.14 runs each. Crawford’s highest score was an unbeaten innings of 212 against XVIII of Queenstown. He captured 10 wickets in a first-class game against Western Province at Cape Town and 11 wickets against Pretoria at Pretoria in a non-first-class match. His top score of 74 in the Fifth Test at Cape Town remained his highest Test innings. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 23. MCC v Western Province, Cape Town, December 2, 4, 5 (MCC won by an innings and 127 runs) c H.C.Coggins b J.G. Whitehead 46 365 4 1 12 0 96 24 9 41 5 S.J.Snooke b 142 J.M.M.Commaille b S.E.Horwood b H.W.Carolin c S.Haigh P.S.Jones b 7