Roy Crawford

Francis Roy Crawford (23 December 1917 – 29 July 1996) was a New Zealand cricketer who played first-class cricket for Wellington from 1937 to 1948.

Roy Crawford was a "stylish but forceful" middle-order batsman and leg-spin bowler. He top-scored for Wellington with 12 and 40 when they were defeated by an innings by the touring Australians in 1945–46. Earlier that season he had also top-scored for Wellington with 55 (out of a total of 130) and 19 when Auckland beat them by an innings. In 1946–47 he top-scored for Wellington against the touring MCC, making 50 in the first innings.

Crawford attended St Patrick's College, Wellington. He married Grace Maher, and served in the Royal New Zealand Air Force in World War II, first with the rank of leading aircraftman and later as a sergeant.