William Crawshaw

William Crawshaw
Personal information
Full name
William Joseph Crawshaw
Born1861
Melbourne, Australia
Died11 February 1938 (aged 76–77)
Caterham, England
BattingLeft-handed
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1877/78–1883/84Otago
1885/86–1887/88Canterbury
1891/92Wellington
1896/97–1897/98Taranaki
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 13
Runs scored 393
Batting average 17.08
100s/50s 1/0
Top score 106
Catches/stumpings 10/0
Source: CricketArchive, 14 January 2017

William Crawshaw (1861 – 11 February 1938) was a New Zealand cricketer. He played first-class cricket for Canterbury, Otago, Taranaki and Wellington between 1877 and 1898.[1]

Crawshaw moved around New Zealand in his work for the Bank of New Zealand.[2] An opening batsman, he scored 106, his only first-class century, in March 1897, when Taranaki beat Hawke's Bay by an innings and 42 runs.[3] It was also Taranaki's only individual first-class century, in Taranaki's only first-class victory.

In January 1898, in a non-first-class match for Taranaki against a team from Wanganui, he carried his bat for 174 not out in a team total of 363 in five hours.[4] It was part of a sequence of four innings in which he made 54 not out, 115 not out, 174 not out, and 71: 414 runs for once out.[5]

Crawshaw retired in 1916 and went to live in England.[6]

References

  1. ^ "William Crawshaw". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
  2. ^ Bellringer, Brian (n.d.). The history of Taranaki Cricket 1894 - 2000 (PDF). Taranaki Cricket. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
  3. ^ "Taranaki v Hawke's Bay 1896-97". CricketArchive. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
  4. ^ "Wanganui v Taranaki". Hawera & Normanby Star. 22 January 1898. p. 2.
  5. ^ "Cricket Chat". Press. 18 April 1898. p. 2.
  6. ^ "Mr. W. J. Crawshaw". Press: 21. 3 March 1938.