A middle-order batsman, Crawford struggled to establish a place in the Canterbury side until he scored 61 against the touring New South Wales team in 1923–24, when he "played the soundest cricket of any one on the side" and "more than justified his inclusion".[1] The next season, against the Victorians, he made 70 batting at number three,[2] when he "gave a sound exhibition of batting" and "made quite a lot of fine scoring shots", particularly the cut.[3]
He toured Australia with the New Zealand team in 1925–26, but failed in his two matches against state teams, although he scored 121 in a two-day match against a Northern Districts of New South Wales XI in the last match of the tour.[4] He played a few more Plunket Shield matches over subsequent seasons with little success.
Crawford was a stalwart of the St Albans club in Christchurch, playing 223 matches over nearly 30 years.[5] He was a life member of the Canterbury Cricket Association.[6]
cyril, crawford, cyril, gore, crawford, march, 1902, june, 1988, cricketer, played, first, class, cricket, canterbury, from, 1921, 1932, played, zealand, days, before, zealand, played, test, cricket, personal, informationfull, namecyril, gore, crawfordborn, 19. Cyril Gore Crawford 13 March 1902 17 June 1988 was a cricketer who played first class cricket for Canterbury from 1921 to 1932 and played for New Zealand in the days before New Zealand played Test cricket Cyril CrawfordPersonal informationFull nameCyril Gore CrawfordBorn 1902 03 13 13 March 1902Christchurch New ZealandDied17 June 1988 1988 06 17 aged 86 ChristchurchBattingRight handedRelationsBill Playle nephew Domestic team informationYearsTeam1920 21 to 1931 32CanterburyCareer statisticsCompetition First classMatches 15Runs scored 551Batting average 21 19100s 50s 0 2Top score 70Balls bowled 0Wickets Bowling average 5 wickets in innings 10 wickets in match Best bowling Catches stumpings 5 0Source Cricinfo 11 December 2014A middle order batsman Crawford struggled to establish a place in the Canterbury side until he scored 61 against the touring New South Wales team in 1923 24 when he played the soundest cricket of any one on the side and more than justified his inclusion 1 The next season against the Victorians he made 70 batting at number three 2 when he gave a sound exhibition of batting and made quite a lot of fine scoring shots particularly the cut 3 He toured Australia with the New Zealand team in 1925 26 but failed in his two matches against state teams although he scored 121 in a two day match against a Northern Districts of New South Wales XI in the last match of the tour 4 He played a few more Plunket Shield matches over subsequent seasons with little success Crawford was a stalwart of the St Albans club in Christchurch playing 223 matches over nearly 30 years 5 He was a life member of the Canterbury Cricket Association 6 References edit The Press 23 February 1924 p 14 Canterbury v Victorians 1924 25 The Press 28 February 1925 p 16 Northern Districts of New South Wales v New Zealanders 1925 26 St Albans teams of the century Retrieved 12 December 2014 Wisden 1989 p 1158 External links editCyril Crawford at CricketArchive Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Cyril Crawford amp oldid 983627436, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
