 During his first part-season with Nelson, he scored five goals in 13 matches as the side achieved promotion to the Football League Second Division.On the club's summer tour of Spain in 1923, Crawshaw scored the opening goal in the defeat to Racing Santander, before netting two goals in the 4–2 victory over Real Madrid.In the next campaign, he played 19 times and scored five goals but could not prevent Nelson being relegated after finishing 21st in the division.