Country: | England |
Fullname: | Henry Thompson Crichton |
Birth Date: | 18 May 1884 |
Birth Place: | Edgbaston, Warwickshire, England |
Death Place: | Branksome Park, Dorset, England |
Batting: | Right-handed |
Bowling: | Right-arm medium |
Family: | Sam Troughton (great-grandson) Jim Troughton (great-grandson) William Troughton (great-grandson) Harry Edward Melling (great-grandson) |
Club2: | Berkshire |
Year2: | 1913 |
Club1: | Warwickshire |
Year1: | 1908 |
Columns: | 1 |
Column1: | First-class |
Matches1: | 2 |
Runs1: | 26 |
Bat Avg1: | 8.66 |
100S/50S1: | 0/0 |
Top Score1: | 26 |
Deliveries1: | 48 |
Wickets1: | 2 |
Bowl Avg1: | 15.00 |
Fivefor1: | 0 |
Tenfor1: | 0 |
Best Bowling1: | 2/21 |
Catches/Stumpings1: | 0/– |
Date: | 9 December |
Year: | 2011 |
Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/11425.html Cricinfo |
Henry Thompson Crichton (18 May 1884 – 1 July 1968) was an English cricketer. Crichton was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born at Edgbaston, Warwickshire and was educated at King Edward's School, Birmingham.
Crichton made two first-class appearances for Warwickshire in the 1908 County Championship against Sussex and Hampshire.[1] In the match against Sussex, Crichton was dismissed for a duck in Warwickshire's first-innings by John Vincett. In Sussex's first-innings, he took the wickets of Ernest Killick and George Cox, finishing with figures of 2/21 from six overs, with the match ending in a draw.[2] Against Hampshire, he was dismissed for a duck in Warwickshire's first-innings by Jack Newman, while in their second-innings he was promoted to open the batting, scoring 26 runs before he was caught by Alex Bowell off the bowling of Charlie Llewellyn. Warwickshire won the match by 6 wickets.[3]
He later made two appearances for Berkshire in the 1913 Minor Counties Championship against Dorset and Buckinghamshire.[4] He died at Branksome Park, Dorset on 1 July 1968. His great-grandson Jim Troughton was a first-class cricketer who played for England.