Brian Swift (cricketer)
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| Full name | Brian Tennant Swift | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 9 September 1937 Adelaide, South Australia, Australia | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 8 March 1958 (aged 20) Higham, Suffolk, England | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
| Role | Wicket-keeper | ||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||
| 1957 | Cambridge University | ||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 10 January 2022 | |||||||||||||||
Brian Tennant Swift (9 September 1937 — 8 March 1958) was an Australian first-class cricketer.
The only son of Sir Brian Herbert Swift, a noted obstetrician and gynaecologist, he was born at Adelaide in September 1937.[1] He was educated at St Peter's College in Adelaide,[1] before following in his father's footsteps to study in England at the University of Cambridge, where he matriculated to study agricultural science at Caius College.[2]
While studying at Cambridge, Swift played first-class cricket for Cambridge University Cricket Club in 1957, making seventeen appearances as a wicket-keeper.[3] He took 37 catches and made 10 stumpings in his capacity as wicket-keeper, in addition to scoring 160 runs with a highest score of 25.[4] He was described by Wisden as a "very promising cricketer", who also noted that his return as wicket-keeper "was the best for Cambridge for a good many years".[1] Swift was killed in a road accident on 8 March 1958 at Higham near Bury St Edmunds, when his car was involved in a collision with a lorry.[5] In the aftermath of his death, Cambridge captain Ted Dexter replaced Swift in the Cambridge side with wicket-keeper Christopher Howland for the 1958 season.
References[edit]
- ^ a b c "Wisden - Obituaries in 1958". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
- ^ The Medical Journal of Australia. Vol. 2. Australasian Medical Publishing Company. 1969. p. 615.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by Brian Swift". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
- ^ "First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Brian Swift". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
- ^ Undergrad death. Sunday Mirror. 9 March 1958. p. 20