While still at Harrow School, Crawford was selected to represent Scotland at football in the first "pseudo-international" organised by C. W. Alcock and Arthur Kinnaird in March 1870.
Crawford retained his place for the next match between the two sides played on 19 November 1870, which ended in a 1-0 victory for the English[REF][REF][REF] and again "played well" [REF].