Bernard Crouch Explained

Bernard Crouch
Birth Date:	1925
Death Place:	Barnes, London, England

Bernard Crouch (1925 – 2 December 1955), was a male international table tennis and tennis player from England.^[1]

Table tennis career

Crouch won a bronze medal at the 1950 World Table Tennis Championships in the Swaythling Cup (men's team) event with Richard Bergmann, Johnny Leach, Aubrey Simons and Harry Venner for England.^[2]

He won the Wilmott Cup for the Staines League in 1954/55 and was also on the Middlesex County Championships winning side in 1947–48 and 1949–50 to 1955.^[3]

Tennis career

He was an excellent tennis player and a regular member of the Surrey County side. He was a finalist at the Middlesex Championships in 1948. He also played at Wimbledon on several occasions from 1950 to 1954.

Death

He died in the 1955 Barnes railway accident.^[3]

See also

• List of England players at the World Team Table Tennis Championships
• List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists

Notes and References

1. Web site: Profile. Table Tennis Guide.
2. Web site: Table Tennis World Championship medal winners. Sports123. 2018-03-14. 2018-09-22. https://web.archive.org/web/20180922055935/http://sports123.com/tte/index.html. dead.
3. Web site: Webb, Diane. Friday Photos No 58: A tribute to Bernard Crouch. Table Tennis England. 13 May 2015. 9 January 2019. 10 February 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190210124123/https://tabletennisengland.co.uk/news/featured-news/friday-photos-no-55-a-tribute-to-bernard-crouch/. dead.