Vivian Crawford

Vivian Crawford
Crawford in 1904
Personal information
Full name
Vivian Frank Shergold Crawford
Born(1879-04-11)11 April 1879
Leicester, Leicestershire, England
Died21 August 1922(1922-08-21) (aged 43)
Merton, London, England
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast
RoleBatsman
RelationsJC Crawford (father)
JN Crawford (brother)
RT Crawford (brother)
FF Crawford (uncle)
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1896–1902Surrey
1903–1910Leicestershire
First-class debut22 June 1896 Surrey v Oxford University
Last First-class3 September 1910 Leicestershire v Surrey
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 293
Runs scored 11,909
Batting average 26.64
100s/50s 16/51
Top score 172*
Balls bowled 1,435
Wickets 17
Bowling average 51.47
5 wickets in innings 0
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 3/14
Catches/stumpings 262/–
Source: CricketArchive, 20 August 2013

Vivian Frank Shergold Crawford (11 April 1879 – 21 August 1922) was an English cricketer who played as a right-handed batsman and an occasional right-arm fast bowler in first-class cricket for Surrey and Leicestershire between 1896 and 1910. He also played for many amateur teams. He was born in Leicester and died at Merton, Surrey. He was the brother of the England Test cricketer Jack Crawford and of the Leicestershire first-class cricketer Reginald Crawford.

During his lifetime, he was generally referred to as "Frank Crawford".