Researching William Crawshaw
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The name William means "resolute guardian" and is of German origin.
Records of William Crawshaw on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for William Crawshaw and the Crawshaw Family History
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![]() | Did you know that there are currently 2066 people with the Crawshaw surname in the UK? Crawshaw is now ranked number 2304 for popularity in the UK. |
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William Crawshaw
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.
Crawshaw moved around New Zealand in his work for the Bank of New Zealand. 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. 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. 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.
Crawshaw retired in 1916 and went to live in England.
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