Jonathan Alfred Crocker (8 October 1874 – 21 July 1944) was an English

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er who played

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in four matches for

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in 1894. He was born at

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and died at

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, both in

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. Crocker was educated at

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and

Trinity College, Cambridge Trinity College is a Colleges of the University of Cambridge, constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Founded in 1546 by King Henry VIII, Trinity is one of the largest Cambridge colleges, with the largest financial endowment of any ...

. As a cricketer, he was played as a lower-order batsman and a second-line bowler in his first-class matches, though it is not known whether he was right- or left-handed, nor what style of bowler he was. He was one of the successes of the 1894 freshmen's cricket trial at Cambridge, taking six wickets for 66 runs in the first innings. His second match for the university in 1894 was his best: against a side raised by A. J. Webbe, he made scores of 29 and 16 and took two wickets in the first innings, though he was not among the eight bowlers used in the Webbe XI's second innings. But he did not succeed in subsequent matches and dropped out of the Cambridge team without being awarded a

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. He played for

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in the year before the

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was instituted, but never played in a Minor Counties match. Crocker graduated from

in 1897 with a

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degree and went into business. He served with the

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and the City of London Yeomanry (Rough Riders) in the

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and saw action in France, Egypt and at

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Crocker, Jonathan 1874 births 1944 deaths Territorial Force soldiers English cricketers Cambridge University cricketers People educated at Eton College Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge British Army personnel of World War I 3rd County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters) officers City of London Yeomanry (Rough Riders) soldiers Military personnel from the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea People from Kensington Cricketers from the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea