Cricket career Crake was a keen cricketer who played for various clubs, including M.C.C. and the Free Foresters. In June 1868, aged 16, he played for the M.C.C. against his own school. Professional career By the end of the 1870s, Crake had returned to India and set up as a merchant. Following his retirement in 1892, he returned to England to live in Norfolk Crescent, near Hyde Park, London where he died on 1 December 1921, aged 69. He was buried at Kensal Green Cemetery. Honours Wanderers FA Cup winners: 1872 References 1852 births 1921 deaths Association football forwards Barnes Club footballers England v Scotland representative footballers (1870–1872) English footballers FA Cup Final players Footballers from Chennai Harrow Chequers F.C. players People educated at Harrow School Wanderers F.C. players