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{{Infobox cricketer<br />
| name =<br />
| image = <br />
| country = Scotland<br />
| fullname = Eric Hamilton Crake<br />
| partialdates = <br />
| birth_date = 25 January 1886<br />
| birth_place = [[Chennai|Madras]], [[Madras Presidency]],<br>[[British Raj]]<br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1948|2|3|1886|1|25|df=yes}}<br />
| death_place = [[Nakuru]], [[British Kenya|Kenya]]<br />
| family = [[Ralph Crake]] (brother)<br />
| batting = Unknown<br />
| bowling = <br />
| role = <br />
| international = <br />
| club1 = [[Marylebone Cricket Club]]<br />
| year1 = 1912<br />
| clubnumber1 =<br />
| columns = 1<br />
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]<br />
| matches1 = 1<br />
| runs1 = 1<br />
| bat avg1 = 1.00<br />
| 100s/50s1 = –/–<br />
| top score1 = 1<br />
| hidedeliveries = true<br />
| catches/stumpings1 = –/–<br />
| date = 20 July<br />
| year = 2014<br />
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/11402.html Cricinfo<br />
}}<br />
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'''Eric Hamilton Crake''' (25 January 1886 – 3 February 1948) was a Scottish [[cricket]]er. He was born at [[Chennai|Madras]] in the [[British Raj]], to Emily Noble Chase and the merchant and [[Association football|footballer]] [[William Crake]].<br />
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Educated at [[Harrow School]], where he captained the school's cricket team in 1905 and 1906,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Players/28/28804/28804.html|title=First-Class Matches played by George Vanderspar|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=20 July 2014}}</ref> Crake was a [[batsman (cricket)|batsman]] of unknown handedness. He made one appearance in [[first-class cricket]] for the [[Marylebone Cricket Club]] (MCC) against [[Oxford University Cricket Club|Oxford University]] in 1912 at the [[University Parks|University Parks, Oxford]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Players/28/28804/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Eric Crake|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=20 July 2014}}</ref> He batted once in the match, scoring a single run in the MCC's first-innings, before he was dismissed by [[Neville Fraser]]. The match ended in a draw.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/8/8699.html|title=Oxford University v Marylebone Cricket Club, 1912|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=20 July 2014}}</ref><br />
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He died at [[Nakuru]] in [[British Kenya|Kenya]] on 3 February 1948.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/234352.html |title=Obituaries in 1948 |work=ESPN Cricinfo |accessdate=3 April 2019}}</ref> His brother [[Ralph Crake]] was also a first-class cricketer.<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/11402.html Eric Crake] at [[ESPNcricinfo]]<br />
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[[Category:1886 births]]<br />
[[Category:1948 deaths]]<br />
[[Category:Cricketers from Chennai]]<br />
[[Category:People educated at Harrow School]]<br />
[[Category:Scottish cricketers]]<br />
[[Category:Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers]]<br />
[[Category:English cricketers of 1890 to 1918]]</div>ImportMaster