Crawley was a right-handed batsman and a medium pace bowler. He made his first-class debut during the 1923 County Championship season for Hampshire against Oxford University. This was his only match for the county. Between 1924 and 1925, Crawley played for Oxford University, playing two matches for them. In 1929 after a four-year break from the game, Crawley joined Middlesex, making one appearance for the county against Oxford University. As well as representing the aforementioned teams, Crawley also played for the Free Foresters and the Harlequins cricket team. Crawley played in four first-class matches altogether – two of them for Oxford University and two against Oxford University.
Rackets and real tennis
Crawley played rackets for Harrow, and both rackets and real tennis for Oxford. He won the British amateur rackets doubles championship in 1936 and 1937 with J.C.F. Simpson, and in 1939 and 1946 with J.H. Pawle.[1] He and Pawle also won the 1939 amateur real tennis doubles, beating the 3rd and 4th Lord Aberdares, then aged 54 and 20, in the final.[2]
Later life
Crawley joined the insurance broking firm of C.T. Bowring & Co. in 1925 and was a director 1934–67 and a consultant to the firm 1967–73. He was an underwriting member of Lloyd's.[3] At the outbreak of World War II he was given an emergency commission in the Coldstream Guards[4] and served until 1945. He died in Westminster, London, on 10 February 1989.
References
^(PDF). Tennis & Rackets Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 April 2017. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
cosmo, crawley, cosmo, stafford, crawley, 1904, february, 1989, english, cricketer, rackets, player, real, tennis, player, personal, informationfull, namecosmo, stafford, crawleyborn, 1904, 1904chelsea, london, englanddied10, february, 1989, 1989, aged, westmi. Cosmo Stafford Crawley 27 May 1904 10 February 1989 was an English cricketer rackets player and real tennis player Cosmo CrawleyPersonal informationFull nameCosmo Stafford CrawleyBorn 1904 05 27 27 May 1904Chelsea London EnglandDied10 February 1989 1989 02 10 aged 84 Westminster London EnglandBattingRight handedBowlingRight arm mediumRelationsAidan Crawley brotherCharles Crawley cousin Domestic team informationYearsTeam1929Middlesex1924 1925Oxford University1923HampshireCareer statisticsCompetition FCMatches 6Runs scored 243Batting average 22 09100s 50s 2Top score 81Balls bowled Wickets Bowling average 5 wickets in innings 10 wickets in match Best bowling Catches stumpings 1 Source Cricinfo 8 December 2009 Contents 1 Early life 2 Cricket 3 Rackets and real tennis 4 Later life 5 References 6 External linksEarly life EditCrawley was the eldest son of Arthur Stafford Crawley then a curate at St Luke s Chelsea He was educated at Harrow and Magdalen College Oxford Cricket EditCrawley was a right handed batsman and a medium pace bowler He made his first class debut during the 1923 County Championship season for Hampshire against Oxford University This was his only match for the county Between 1924 and 1925 Crawley played for Oxford University playing two matches for them In 1929 after a four year break from the game Crawley joined Middlesex making one appearance for the county against Oxford University As well as representing the aforementioned teams Crawley also played for the Free Foresters and the Harlequins cricket team Crawley played in four first class matches altogether two of them for Oxford University and two against Oxford University Rackets and real tennis EditCrawley played rackets for Harrow and both rackets and real tennis for Oxford He won the British amateur rackets doubles championship in 1936 and 1937 with J C F Simpson and in 1939 and 1946 with J H Pawle 1 He and Pawle also won the 1939 amateur real tennis doubles beating the 3rd and 4th Lord Aberdares then aged 54 and 20 in the final 2 Later life EditCrawley joined the insurance broking firm of C T Bowring amp Co in 1925 and was a director 1934 67 and a consultant to the firm 1967 73 He was an underwriting member of Lloyd s 3 At the outbreak of World War II he was given an emergency commission in the Coldstream Guards 4 and served until 1945 He died in Westminster London on 10 February 1989 References Edit Amateur Doubles Championship PDF Tennis amp Rackets Association Archived from the original PDF on 7 April 2017 Retrieved 6 April 2017 Lord Aberdare The Telegraph 28 January 2005 Cosmo Stafford Crawley The Gibbs Family Tree No 34698 The London Gazette Supplement 30 September 1939 p 6649 External links EditCosmo Crawley at Cricinfo Cosmo Crawley at CricketArchive Matches and detailed statistics for Cosmo Crawley at CricketArchive This biographical article related to an English cricket person born in the 1900s is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Cosmo Crawley amp oldid 1059473829, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
