Jeff Crowe

Personal information

Full name

Jeffrey John Crowe

Born

14 September 1958 (age 58)
Auckland, New Zealand

Batting style

Right-handed

Bowling style

Right arm, medium pace

Role

Match referee

International information

National side

New Zealand

Test debut (cap 151)

4 March 1983 v Sri Lanka

Last Test

19 March 1990 v Australia

ODI debut (cap 42)

9 January 1983 v Australia

Last ODI

11 March 1990 v Australia

Domestic team information

Years

Team

1977–1982

South Australia

1982–1992

Auckland

Career statistics

Competition	Test	ODI	FC	LA
Matches	39	75	180	139
Runs scored	1,601	1,518	10,233	2,974
Batting average	26.24	25.72	37.90	26.31
100s/50s	3/6	0/7	22/56	1/14
Top score	128	88*	159	130*
Balls bowled	18	6	100	6
Wickets	0	0	1	0
Bowling average	–	–	55.00	–
5 wickets in innings	–	–	–	–
10 wickets in match	–	n/a	–	n/a
Best bowling	–	–	1/10	–
Catches/stumpings	41/–	28/–	199/–	56/–

Source: Cricinfo, 4 November 2009

Jeffrey John Crowe (born 14 September 1958) is a former New Zealand cricketer. He played Test and One Day International cricket for New Zealand from 1983 to 1990, and first-class cricket for South Australia and then Auckland. He has been an ICC match referee since 2004.

Crowe was born in Auckland, New Zealand. He is the son of Dave Crowe, and the elder brother of Martin Crowe. The Crowe brothers are cousins of Oscar-winning actor Russell Crowe, whose father John Alexander Crowe is the brother of Dave Crowe; their father (Jeff, Martin and Russell's grandfather) John Doubleday Crowe, emigrated to New Zealand from Wrexham in Wales.

Crowe's father played in three first-class cricket matches for Canterbury and Wellington between 1953 and 1957.

Crowe began his first-class cricket career at South Australia, where he played from 1977-78 to 1981-82. There was a suggestion that he could play for the Australian cricket team, but he returned to New Zealand in 1982-83 to play for Auckland, from with the hope of playing for New Zealand instead. He worked on his fielding, and also occasionally kept wicket.

He was born just over 4 years before his younger brother Martin, but he made his Test debut for New Zealand in the First Test against Sri Lanka at Christchurch in March 1983, just over a year after his brother. He scored his maiden Test century (128) in the Third Test against England in Auckland in February 1984.

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