Philip John Crowe (born 27 October 1955) is an

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-born

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surgical oncologist, and a former first-class

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er and

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international. Crowe was born at

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in October 1955 and moved to Australia as a child. He was educated at

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, before going up to the

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where he studied at the

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. He played

for

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, coached by Jack Potts, debuting in 1975 as a

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. Having not played for either the

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or Sydney representative teams, Crowe was selected to tour France and Italy with

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in 1976, making his

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debut against

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. He played five further Test's for Australia, with his final appearance coming against

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. His career highlight was scoring the winning

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against

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in 1978, while his career low was breaking an ankle in a club match in the same which ruled him out of the tour to New Zealand. He went up to

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at the

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as a

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in 1980, where he played rugby for

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from 1981–83, winning

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in each year. In addition to playing rugby at Oxford, Crowe also made a single appearance in

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for

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against

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in 1982. He batted twice in the match, being dismissed for 11 runs in the Oxford first innings by

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, while in their second innings he was dismissed without scoring by David Surridge. With his left-arm

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, he took the wicket of Paul Romaines in the Gloucestershire first innings, finishing with match bowling figures of 1 for 121. Following his rugby career, Crowe became a surgical

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. He is a professor at the Prince of Wales Clinical School, which he is also head of.

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