Maurice Crouch

Maurice Alfred Crouch (9 August 1917 – 19 March 2001) was an English cricketer. A right-handed batsman, he was born at Wisbech, Cambridgeshire.

Maurice Crouch
Personal information
Full nameMaurice Alfred Crouch
Born(1917-08-09)9 August 1917
Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, England
Died19 March 2001(2001-03-19) (aged 83)
Morocco
BattingRight-handed
RelationsDavid Fairey (son-in-law)
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1951Minor Counties
1950–1951Marylebone Cricket Club
1936–1963Cambridgeshire
Career statistics
Competition FC LA
Matches 4 1
Runs scored 205 28
Batting average 29.28 28.00
100s/50s –/1 –/–
Top score 81 28
Balls bowled – –
Wickets – –
Bowling average – –
5 wickets in innings – –
10 wickets in match – –
Best bowling – –
Catches/stumpings 7/– –/–
Source: Cricinfo, 20 July 2010

Crouch played most of his cricket for Cambridgeshire in the Minor Counties Championship, making his debut against Bedfordshire in 1936. From 1936 to 1963, he represented the county in 118 Minor Counties matches.[1] His final game for the county came in his only List-A appearance, which came in the 1964 Gillette Cup against Essex.[2] In the match, he scored 28 runs before being dismissed by Robin Hobbs.[3]

Crouch also played first-class cricket, representing the Marylebone Cricket Club against a combined Minor Counties cricket team in 1950. The following year, he represented the Minor Counties in a first-class match against Kent, in what was his only first-class appearance for a combined Minor Counties side. His final two first-class appearances came in 1952 for the Marylebone Cricket Club against Oxford University and Ireland.[4] In his 4 first-class matches, he scored 205 runs at a batting average of 29.28, with a single half century high score of 81.

Crouch died in Morocco on 19 March 2001.

Family

His son-in-law David Fairey also represented Cambridgeshire in cricket.

References
  1. Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Maurice Crouch
  2. List A Matches played by Maurice Crouch
  3. Cambridgeshire v Essex, 1964
  4. First-Class Matches played by Maurice Crouch
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