Major Frank Fairbairn Crawford

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Crawford was born at Hastings in Sussex in 1850. He graduated from the Royal Veterinary College in 1873 and enlisted in the army in the same year, joining the Royal Artillery as a veterinarian. In late 1874 he was posted to India where he remained for several years. After returning from India, Crawford was stationed in South Africa. He played cricket in South Africa, making his debut for Natal in the 1887 Kimberley Tournament before gong on to play in Natal's five first-class matches during the 1889/90 season, the first matches in which the team had been considered as first-class. By the time of the Second Boer War he had reached the rank of Major. He died of dysentery during the war in January 1900 at the military hospital in Pietermaritzburg and is buried at the Fort Napier cemetery. (Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Fairbairn_Crawford)