He was most accomplished at golf and cricket as detailed below, but also played tennis to a very high standard and was an excellent ice-skater, a good rackets player and a fine shot.

[2] As correspondent for the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Crawley was the only British journalist present at Hazeltine National Golf Club in 1970 when Tony Jacklin became the first Briton to win the U.S. Open since 1924.

Tour (the Bodyline Series) but had to decline as he had already been selected for the Walker Cup match at Brookline, at which he was the only British player to score a point.

After some excellent performances for the Harrow XI, including a century against Eton at Lord's in 1921,[1] Crawley made his first-class debut for Worcestershire against Somerset in early August 1922, even before he had appeared for Cambridge.

Crawley went with MCC to the Caribbean in the winter of 1925–26, although as West Indies had yet to attain Test status this was not considered a major tour, and he played no first-class games.

Although he never turned out for more than a few games each summer, he produced some notable feats of batting, such as the second-innings 176 not out he hit, under pressure of time, to beat Sussex in 1927.