Henry Crouch, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Henry Crouch

cricketer

Date of Birth: 10-Feb-1914

Place of Birth: Kolkata, West Bengal, India

Date of Death: 17-Apr-1991

Profession: cricketer

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius


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About Henry Crouch

  • Henry Russell Crouch (10 February 1914 – 17 April 1991) was an English cricketer.
  • Crouch was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace.
  • He was born at Calcutta in the British Raj. Crouch made his debut for the Surrey Second XI against Cambridgeshire in the 1933 Minor Counties Championship.
  • He made thirteen further appearances for the Surrey Second XI in the Minor Counties Championship, the last of which came against the Gloucestershire Second XI in 1939.
  • Playing minor counties cricket for the Surrey Second XI allowed him to be selected for a combined Minor Counties cricket team in 1935, making two first-class appearances against Oxford University at the University Parks and the touring South Africans at Richmond Drive, Skegness.
  • Against Oxford University, the Minor Counties lost the toss, with Oxford University electing to bat first.
  • In a match heavily curtailed due to rain, Oxford University reached 169/4 in their first-innings, with Crouch bowling ten overs for 34 runs and taking the wicket of John Halliday.
  • This was the only innings during the match, which subsequently ended as a draw.
  • In his second appearance against the South Africans, the tourists won the toss and elected to bat first, compiling 394 all out, with Crouch taking the wicket of top-scorer Ken Viljoen for 168, to finish with figures of 1/67 from sixteen overs.
  • The Minor Counties responded in their first-innings by making 190 all out, with Crouch being dismissed for a duck by Arthur Langton.
  • Forced to follow-on in their second-innings, the Minor Counties were dismissed for 224, with Crouch being dismissed for 7 runs by Langton.
  • The South Africans won the match by 10 wickets.Following World War II, Crouch made a single first-class appearance for Surrey against the Combined Services at the Leyland Motors Ground, Kingston upon Thames.
  • Surrey batted first, making 132 all out, with Crouch scoring 4 runs before he was dismissed by Barry Pryer.
  • Thereafter, the match was curtailed by rain, with the Combined Services first-innings ending on 12/1.He died on 17 April 1991, at Walton-on-Thames, Surrey.

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