Ernest Crawshaw

Ernest Elgood Crawshaw (23 June 1889 – 9 October 1918) was a New Zealand cricketer who played first-class cricket for Canterbury. He died in France in World War I.

Ernest Crawshaw
Personal information
Full nameErnest Elgood Crawshaw
Born(1889-06-23)23 June 1889
Christchurch, New Zealand
Died9 October 1918(1918-10-09) (aged 29)
Le Cateau-Cambrésis, Nord, France
BattingRight-handed
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1907-08 to 1913-14Canterbury
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 8
Runs scored 73
Batting average 5.61
100s/50s 0/0
Top score 26
Balls bowled 724
Wickets 13
Bowling average 29.38
5 wickets in innings 0
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 2/20
Catches/stumpings 11/–
Source: Cricinfo, 18 December 2017

Life and career

Ernest Crawshaw was born in Christchurch and educated at Christchurch Boys' High School, where he captained the school's cricket and rugby teams.[1] In 1908 he was awarded the school's inaugural Deans Memorial Scholarship, presented to a senior boy with outstanding personal qualities.[2] He became an accountant, and married Elsie Lorraine Gunn Francis. They had one son.[1][3]

He played cricket for Canterbury while still at school and appeared several times for them before World War I, making some useful contributions as a bowler and fieldsman.[4]

During the war he enlisted in the 1st Battalion Canterbury Regiment and travelled as part of D Company 36th Reinforcements to France, sailing from Wellington in May 1918. A sergeant-major, he was killed in action at Le Cateau on 9 October 1918.[5][1]

References
  1. "The Fallen and Wounded". Press. LIV (16354). 28 October 1918. p. 8. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
  2. "Prize Distributions". Press. LXIV (11298). 16 December 1908. p. 8. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
  3. "Roll of Honour". Sun. V (1469). 28 October 1918. p. 1. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
  4. "Ernest Crawshaw". CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
  5. Nigel McCrery, Final Wicket: Test and First Class Cricketers Killed in the Great War, Pen & Sword Books, Barnsley, 2015, pp. 456–57.
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