Francis Roy Crawford (23 December 1917 – 29 July 1996) was a New Zealand

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who played first-class cricket for Wellington from 1937 to 1948. Roy Crawford was a 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. He married Grace Maher, and served in the

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in World War II with the rank of

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