John Crawfurd (cricketer)

John Crawfurd
Personal information
Full name
John William Frederick Arthur Crawfurd
Born(1878-11-15)15 November 1878
London, England
Died22 June 1939(1939-06-22) (aged 60)
Dublin, Ireland
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingLeft-arm fast-medium
International information
National side
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 19
Runs scored 644
Batting average 23.00
100s/50s 0/4
Top score 72
Balls bowled 759
Wickets 13
Bowling average 31.00
5 wickets in innings 0
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 3/30
Catches/stumpings 15/0
Source: CricketArchive, 16 August 2022

John William Frederick Arthur Crawfurd (15 November 1878 – 22 June 1939[1]) was an Irish cricketer. He was a left-handed batsman and a left-arm fast-medium bowler.[1]

Crawfurd attended Merchant Taylors' School, Northwood, before going up to St John's College, Oxford.[2] He started his first-class cricket career with Oxford University, for whom he played 14 first-class matches in 1900 and 1901.[3] He later played two first-class matches against the university, one for Harlequins and another for an "L Robinson's XI"[3] that featured his fellow Irish international Tim O'Brien.[4] He also represented the university at Rugby Union.[5][2]

He played four times for Ireland between 1907 and 1923, making his debut against Yorkshire.[6] Three of his matches for Ireland had first-class status.[3]

At his death in 1939, the notice in The Times cites him as being "of Guinness's Brewery, Dublin".[7]

  1. ^ a b Cricket Archive profile
  2. ^ a b "Obituaries in 1939". Wisden. 2 December 2005. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
  3. ^ a b c First-class matches played by John Crawfurd at Cricket Archive
  4. ^ Scorecard of L Robinson's XI v Oxford University
  5. ^ Cricinfo profile
  6. ^ CricketEurope Stats Zone profile Archived 21 November 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ "Deaths". The Times. No. 48346. London. 1 July 1939. p. 1.