| William Crawshaw | |
| Fullname: | William Joseph Crawshaw |
| Birth Date: | 1861 |
| Birth Place: | Melbourne, Australia |
| Death Date: | 11 February |
| Death Place: | Caterham, England |
| Batting: | Left-handed |
| Club1: | Otago |
| Club2: | Canterbury |
| Year2: | 1885/86–1887/88 |
| Club3: | Wellington |
| Year3: | 1891/92 |
| Club4: | Taranaki |
| Year4: | 1896/97–1897/98 |
| Columns: | 1 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 13 |
| Runs1: | 393 |
| Bat Avg1: | 17.08 |
| 100S/50S1: | 1/0 |
| Top Score1: | 106 |
| Hidedeliveries: | true |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 10/0 |
| Date: | 14 January |
| Year: | 2017 |
| Source: | https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/21/21714/21714.html CricketArchive |
William Crawshaw (1861 - 11 February 1938) was a New Zealand cricketer. He played first-class cricket for Canterbury, Otago, Taranaki and Wellington between 1877 and 1898.[1]
Crawshaw moved around New Zealand in his work for the Bank of New Zealand.[2] An opening batsman, he scored 106, his only first-class century, in March 1897, when Taranaki beat Hawke's Bay by an innings and 42 runs.[3] It was also Taranaki's only individual first-class century, in Taranaki's only first-class victory.
In January 1898, in a non-first-class match for Taranaki against a team from Wanganui, he carried his bat for 174 not out in a team total of 363 in five hours.[4] It was part of a sequence of four innings in which he made 54 not out, 115 not out, 174 not out, and 71: 414 runs for once out.[5]
Crawshaw retired in 1916 and went to live in England.[6]