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Name	John Creswell
Born	8 December, 1858 Woodville, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Died	24 March, 1909 (aged 50) Unley, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Occupation or Descriptor *	Australian Rules administrator (1876-1879) South Australia, Australia Australian Rules player (1876-1879) South Australia, Australia bowler (1876-1883) South Australia, Australia greyhound owner/racer (1876-1909) South Australia, Australia cricket administrator (1881-1909) South Australia, Australia cricketer (1881-1883) South Australia, Australia company manager (1889-1909) South Australia, Australia school administrator (1892-1909) South Australia, Australia
Legacies *	John Creswell Scholarship (eponym)

* Dates are approximate

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