Cosmo Stafford Crawley was an English

England

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 cricket

Cricket

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er. He was a right-handed batsman and a medium pace bowler.

Crawley made his first-class

First-class cricket

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 debut during in the 1923 County Championship season for Hampshire

Hampshire County Cricket Club

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 against Oxford University

Oxford University Cricket Club

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. This was Crwaley's only match for the county. Between 1924 and 1925 Crawley played for Oxford University

Oxford University Cricket Club

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, playing two matches for them. In 1929 after a four year break from the game, Crawley joined Middlesex

Middlesex County Cricket Club

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, making one appearance for the county against Oxford University

Oxford University Cricket Club

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. As well as representing the aforementioned teams, Crawley also played for the Free Foresters

Free Foresters Cricket Club

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 and the Harlequins cricket team

Harlequins cricket team

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. Interestingly all of Crawley's matches all involved Oxford University

Oxford University Cricket Club

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.

Crawley died in Westminster

Westminster

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, London

London

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 on 10 February 1989.

External links

• Cosmo Crawley at Cricinfo
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• Cosmo Crawley at CricketArchive
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• Matches and detailed statistics for Cosmo Crawley at CricketArchive