Eric Crake

{{short description|English cricketer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2016}}

{{Use British English|date=March 2016}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name =

| image =

| country = Scotland

| fullname = Eric Hamilton Crake

| partialdates =

| birth_date = 25 January 1886

| birth_place = Madras, Madras Presidency,
British Raj

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1948|2|3|1886|1|25|df=yes}}

| death_place = Nakuru, Kenya

| family = Ralph Crake (brother)

| batting = Unknown

| bowling =

| role =

| international =

| club1 = Marylebone Cricket Club

| year1 = 1912

| clubnumber1 =

| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 1

| runs1 = 1

| bat avg1 = 1.00

| 100s/50s1 = –/–

| top score1 = 1

| hidedeliveries = true

| catches/stumpings1 = –/–

| date = 20 July

| year = 2014

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/11402.html ESPNcricinfo

}}

Eric Hamilton Crake (25 January 1886 – 3 February 1948) was a Scottish cricketer. He was born at Madras in the British Raj, to Emily Noble Chase and the merchant and footballer William Crake.

Educated at Harrow School, where he captained the school's cricket team in 1905 and 1906,{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Players/28/28804/28804.html|title=First-Class Matches played by George Vanderspar|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=20 July 2014}} Crake was a batsman of unknown handedness. He made one appearance in first-class cricket for the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) against Oxford University in 1912 at the University Parks, Oxford.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Players/28/28804/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Eric Crake|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=20 July 2014}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/8/8699.html|title=Oxford University v Marylebone Cricket Club, 1912|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=20 July 2014}}

He died at Nakuru in Kenya on 3 February 1948.{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/234352.html |title=Obituaries in 1948 |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=3 April 2019}} His brother Ralph Crake was also a first-class cricketer.