David William Crowe (18 October 1933 – 12 May 2000) was a New Zealand cricketer who played three first class matches for Canterbury and Wellington between 1953 and 1958.
[1] In Cornwall Park there is a bench where his ashes were scattered,[2][3][4] along with his friend Zac, overlooking the ground on which he played for Cornwall Cricket Club, where he also coached, captained and finally was president from 1995 to 1999.
[5] Martin Crowe recalled in 2011: “A former county pro, Les Townsend, was once watching dad play at Cornwall and told him harshly ‘You’ll never make a Test cricketer, son’.
About 30 years later, dad met up with him again by chance and said: ‘Les, remember when you told me I’d never make a Test cricketer?
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