About Jack Crapp
Lived 1912 – 1981 (aged 68). Jack Crapp was a British cricketer and cricket umpire.
John Frederick Crapp (14 October 1912 – 13 February 1981), was an English cricketer, who played first-class cricket for Gloucestershire between 1936 and 1956, and played for England on tour in the winter of 1948–49.
Cricket writer, Colin Bateman, noted that Crapp was a "sound rather than spectacular batsman who scored 1,000 runs in all but one of his fifteen seasons – that was 1954, when he struggled with the Gloucestershire captaincy".
His England blazer is in the possession of St Columb Old Cornwall Society. There is also a plaque in the garden of house at Bridge, St Columb Major where he was born.
Jack Crapp died in Knowle, Bristol, at the age of 68.
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Who was Jack Crapp?
English Test and County cricketer, umpire (1912-1981)
When was Jack Crapp born?
Jack Crapp was born on 14 October 1912 in St Columb Major.
When did Jack Crapp die?
Jack Crapp died on 13 February 1981 in Knowle.
What was Jack Crapp's occupation?
Jack Crapp was a cricketer and cricket umpire.
What nationality was Jack Crapp?
Jack Crapp was British.
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