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Francis Roy Crawford (23 December 1917 – 29 July 1996) was a New Zealand cricketer who played first-class cricket for Wellington from 1937 to 1948.

Roy Crawford

Personal information
Full name	Francis Roy Crawford
Born	(1917-12-23)23 December 1917 Wellington, New Zealand
Died	29 July 1996(1996-07-29) (aged 78) Wellington, New Zealand
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm leg-spin
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1937-38 to 1947-48	Wellington
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 12 Runs scored 459 Batting average 20.86 100s/50s 0/3 Top score 55 Balls bowled 415 Wickets 6 Bowling average 47.33 5 wickets in innings 0 10 wickets in match 0 Best bowling 2/37 Catches/stumpings 8/0
Source: Cricinfo, 13 December 2019

Roy Crawford was a middle-order batsman and leg-spin bowler. He top-scored for Wellington with 12 and 40 when they were defeated by an innings by the touring Australians in 1945–46.[1] Earlier that season he had also top-scored for Wellington with 55 (out of a total of 130) and 19 when Auckland beat them by an innings.[2]

He married Grace Maher, and served in the Royal New Zealand Air Force in World War II with the rank of leading aircraftman.[3]

References

External links

• Roy Crawford at ESPNcricinfo
• Roy Crawford at CricketArchive

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