| Personal information | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Robert Geoffrey Cruwys | |||
| Born | 10 March 1884 Cruwys Morchard House, Devon, England |
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| Died | 25 August 1951 (aged 67) Cruwys Morchard, Devon, England |
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| Batting style | Right-handed | |||
| Bowling style | Wicket-keeper | |||
| Relations | Margaret Cruwys (sister-in-law) | |||
| Domestic team information | ||||
| Years | Team | |||
| 1907 | Oxford University | |||
| 1903–1913 | Devon | |||
| Career statistics | ||||
| Competition | First-class | |||
| Matches | 1 | |||
| Runs scored | 29 | |||
| Batting average | 14.50 | |||
| 100s/50s | –/– | |||
| Top score | 19 | |||
| Balls bowled | – | |||
| Wickets | – | |||
| Bowling average | – | |||
| 5 wickets in innings | – | |||
| 10 wickets in match | – | |||
| Best bowling | – | |||
| Catches/stumpings | –/– | |||
| Source: Cricinfo, 10 February 2011 | ||||
Robert Geoffrey Cruwys (10 March 1884 – 25 August 1951) was an English cricketer and clergyman. He was born in the family manor, Cruwys Morchard House, located in Cruwys Morchard, a small parish in Devon which takes the name from the Cruwys family who have been Lords of the Manor here since the reign of King John (1199–1216).
Cruwys, whose batting and bowling styles are unknown, played a single first-class match for Oxford University in 1907 against Worcestershire.[1] In the Universities first-innings, he scored 10 runs before being bowled by Ted Arnold and in their second-innings he scored 19 runs before being dismissed by John Cuffe.[2] Four years previously he had made his debut for Devon in the 1903 Minor Counties Championship against Glamorgan. From 1903 to 1913, he represented the county in 56 matches, the last of which came against Berkshire.[3]
By 1916, he was shown as a rector at Cruwys Morchard.[4] The following year he acted as a witness to the marriage of his brother Lewis George Cruwys (who also played Minor counties cricket for Devon) and Margaret Abercrombie at St David's, Exeter.[5] In 1934, he was shown as living at Cruwys Morchard Rectory.[6] He died in the parish of his birth on August 25, 1951.