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8 unusual facts about John Crawley


Cathedral of St John the Evangelist, Portsmouth

It was originally designed by John Crawley to have a tall spire at the south-west corner, but the underlying geology made this impossible.

English cricket team in Australia in 2002–03

Hussain and John Crawley managed to stabilise the England innings and advanced steadily to 268 for 3.

The second Test at Adelaide started much more positively for England, who had made several changes to their side, bringing in spinner Richard Dawson, Steve Harmison and Robert Key for the injured Ashley Giles, Simon Jones and John Crawley.

James Vince

Following the retirement of John Crawley during the 2009 season, Vince has been a regular for Hampshire in all forms of the game.

John Crawley

The tourists' team had included Shane Warne and Merv Hughes, and Crawley's performance moved the Australian coach Bob Simpson to label him the best batsman they had played against that summer.

Crawley announced on 8 August 2009 that at the end of the 2009 County Championship he would be retiring from all forms of first-class cricket, stating he did not want to stand in the way of emerging talent at Hampshire.

In 1993, he scored 109 for Lancashire as they defeated a strong Australian cricket team in a tour match.

Over the next year he was used as first reserve, and in January 2003 played his last Test match – England's fifth Test victory over Australia at Sydney.



see also

Cerritos Veterans Memorial

Los Angeles County District Attorney Steve Cooley decided not to press charges against John Crawley, citing that such a matter is a waste of his office's resources and should best be handled by the voters.