Ben Cranwell, Irish team captain

Cranwell was born in Auckland, New Zealand, and moved to Ireland around 1969/70 with his Cork girlfriend, Una Cassidy, whom he later married. In 1973 Cranwell won the Leinster Open and received his first cap for the Ireland team. A profile of Cranwell for Squash Review noted that he ‘regards himself as an Irishman—or the ... Read more

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