Jack Crawford (cricketer)

John Neville Jack Crawford was an English firstclass cricketer who played mainly for Surrey and South Australia. An amateur, he played as an allrounder. As a righthanded batsman, Crawford had a reputation for scoring quickly and hitting powerful shots. He bowled mediumpaced off spin and was noted for his accuracy and his ability to make the ball turn sharply from the pitch. Unusually for a firstclass cricketer, Crawford wore spectacles while playing.

Jack Crawford was born onDecember 1886 at Cane Hill, Coulsdon, Surrey, the youngest of three sons to the Rev John Charles Crawford and his wife Alice the couple also had three daughters. Crawford senior was the chaplain at the recently opened Cane Hill Asylum, in the grounds of which Crawford was born. He grew up in a cricketing environment. His father and uncle, Frank Crawford, played firstclass cricket for Kent his brothers Vivian and Reginald were also firstclass cricketers. The whole family played cricket and encouraged Crawford from a young age, and from the age of eleven he regularly played with adults.

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