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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.

References

1. "William Crawshaw". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
2. Bellringer, Brian (n.d.). The history of Taranaki Cricket 1894 - 2000 (PDF). Taranaki Cricket. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
3. "Taranaki v Hawke's Bay 1896-97". CricketArchive. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
4. "Wanganui v Taranaki". Hawera & Normanby Star. 22 January 1898. p. 2.
5. "Cricket Chat". Press. 18 April 1898. p. 2.
6. "Mr. W. J. Crawshaw". Press: 21. 3 March 1938.

External links

• William Crawshaw at ESPNcricinfo

• 1861 births
• 1938 deaths
• New Zealand cricketers
• Canterbury cricketers
• Otago cricketers
• Taranaki cricketers
• Wellington cricketers
• Cricketers from Melbourne
• Australian emigrants to New Zealand