Background
He was born in Oldham, Lancashire.
He was born in Oldham, Lancashire.
Crossley was a right-handed batsman who fielded as a wicket-keeper. Crossley made his debut for Oxfordshire in the 1969 Minor Counties Championship against Buckinghamshire. Crossley played Minor counties cricket for Oxfordshire from 1969 to 1989 which included 153 Minor Counties Championship matches and 9 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches.
He made his List A debut against Durham in the 1972 Gillette Cup.
He made 8 further List A appearances, the last coming against Leicestershire in the 1987 National Westminster Trophy. In his 9 List A matches, he scored 104 runs at a batting average of 17.33, with a high score of 38.
Behind the stumps he took 6 catches and made 2 stumpings.