Eric Crake
Eric Hamilton Crake (25 January 1886 – 3 February 1948) was an English cricketer. He was born at Madras in the British Raj, to Emily Noble Chase and the merchant and footballer William Crake.
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| Full name | Eric Hamilton Crake | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 25 January 1886 Madras, Madras Presidency, British Raj | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 3 February 1948 (aged 62) Nakuru, Kenya | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Unknown | ||||||||||||||
| Relations | Ralph Crake (brother) | ||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||
| 1912 | Marylebone Cricket Club | ||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 20 July 2014 | |||||||||||||||
Educated at Harrow School, where he captained the school's cricket team in 1905 and 1906,[1] Crake was a batsman of unknown handedness. He made one appearance in first-class cricket for the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) against Oxford University in 1912 at the University Parks, Oxford.[2] He batted once in the match, scoring a single run in the MCC's first-innings, before he was dismissed by Neville Fraser. The match ended in a draw.[3]
He died at Nakuru in Kenya on 3 February 1948.[4] His brother Ralph Crake was also a first-class cricketer.
References
- "First-Class Matches played by George Vanderspar". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
- "First-Class Matches played by Eric Crake". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
- "Oxford University v Marylebone Cricket Club, 1912". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
- "Obituaries in 1948". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
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