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{{short description|English cricketer}}
{{EngvarB|date=August 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2013}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name =
| country = England
| fullname = Henry Russell Crouch
| nickname =
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1914|2|10|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Kolkata|Calcutta]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British Raj]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1991|4|17|1914|2|10|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Walton-on-Thames]], Surrey, England
| heightft =
| heightinch =
| heightm =
| batting = Right-handed
| bowling = Right-arm [[Seam bowling|medium]]
| role =
| family =
| club1 = [[Surrey County Cricket Club|Surrey]]
| year1 = 1946
| clubnumber1 =
| club2 = [[Minor Counties cricket team|Minor Counties]]
| year2 = 1935
| clubnumber2 =
| columns = 1
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]
| matches1 = 3
| runs1 = 11
| bat avg1 = 3.66
| 100s/50s1 = –/–
| top score1 = 7
| deliveries1 = 156
| wickets1 = 2
| bowl avg1 = 50.50
| fivefor1 = –
| tenfor1 = –
| best bowling1 = 1/34
| catches/stumpings1 = 1/–
| date = 8 August
| year = 2012
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/11457.html Cricinfo
}}

'''Henry Russell Crouch''' (10 February 1914 – 17 April 1991) was an English [[cricket]]er. Crouch was a right-handed [[Batting (cricket)|batsman]] who bowled right-arm [[Fast bowling|medium pace]]. He was born at [[Kolkota|Calcutta]] in the [[British Raj]].

Crouch made his debut for the [[Surrey County Cricket Club|Surrey Second XI]] against [[Cambridgeshire County Cricket Club|Cambridgeshire]] in the 1933 [[Minor Counties Championship]]. He made thirteen further appearances for the Surrey Second XI in the Minor Counties Championship, the last of which came against the [[Gloucestershire County Cricket Club|Gloucestershire Second XI]] in 1939.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/28/28859/Minor_Counties_Championship_Matches.html|title=Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Henry Crouch|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=9 August 2012}}</ref> Playing [[Minor counties of English and Welsh cricket|minor counties]] cricket for the Surrey Second XI allowed him to be selected for a combined [[Minor Counties cricket team]] in 1935, making two [[first-class cricket|first-class]] appearances against [[Oxford University Cricket Club|Oxford University]] at the [[University Parks]] and the touring [[South Africa national cricket team|South Africans]] at [[Richmond Drive|Richmond Drive, Skegness]].<ref name="FCM">{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/28/28859/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Henry Crouch|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=9 August 2012}}</ref> Against Oxford University, the Minor Counties lost the toss, with Oxford University electing to bat first. In a match heavily curtailed due to rain, Oxford University reached 169/4 in their first-innings, with Crouch bowling ten [[over (cricket)|overs]] for 34 runs and taking the wicket of [[John Halliday (cricketer)|John Halliday]]. This was the only innings during the match, which subsequently ended as a draw.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/15/15398.html|title=Oxford University v Minor Counties, 1935|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=9 August 2012}}</ref> In his second appearance against the South Africans, the tourists won the toss and elected to bat first, compiling 394 all out, with Crouch taking the wicket of top-scorer [[Ken Viljoen]] for 168, to finish with figures of 1/67 from sixteen overs. The Minor Counties responded in their first-innings by making 190 all out, with Crouch being dismissed for a [[duck (cricket)|duck]] by [[Arthur Langton]]. Forced to [[follow-on]] in their second-innings, the Minor Counties were dismissed for 224, with Crouch being dismissed for 7 runs by Langton. The South Africans won the match by 10 wickets.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/15/15616.html|title=Minor Counties v South Africans, 1935|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=9 August 2012}}</ref>

Following [[World War II]], Crouch made a single first-class appearance for [[Surrey County Cricket Club|Surrey]] against the [[Combined Services cricket team|Combined Services]] at the [[Hawker's Sports Ground|Leyland Motors Ground, Kingston upon Thames]].<ref name="FCM"/> Surrey batted first, making 132 all out, with Crouch scoring 4 runs before he was dismissed by [[Barry Pryer]]. Thereafter, the match was curtailed by rain, with the Combined Services first-innings ending on 12/1.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/17/17872.html|title=Surrey v Combined Services, 1946|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=9 August 2012}}</ref>

He died on 17 April 1991, at [[Walton-on-Thames]], Surrey.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/11457.html Henry Crouch] at [[ESPNcricinfo]]
*[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/28/28859/28859.html Henry Crouch] at CricketArchive

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[[Category:1914 births]]
[[Category:1991 deaths]]
[[Category:Cricketers from Kolkata]]
[[Category:English cricketers]]
[[Category:Minor Counties cricketers]]
[[Category:Surrey cricketers]]

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