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| Full name | Richard Swann Swann-Mason | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 4 March 1871 Haslingfield, Cambridgeshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 21 February 1942 (aged 70) St Pancras, London, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Unknown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Unknown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1896–1908 | Cambridgeshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1909–1914 | Marylebone Cricket Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 21 July 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Richard Swann Swann-Mason OBE (4 March 1871 – 21 February 1942) was an English first-class cricketer and clergyman.
Swann-Mason was born in March 1871 at Haslingfield, Cambridgeshire. He was educated at The Perse School,[1] before graduating as a non-collegiate graduate from the University of Cambridge.[2] After graduating, he became a clergyman in the Anglican Church. He played minor counties cricket for Cambridgeshire from 1896–1908, making 41 appearances in the Minor Counties Championship.[3] He also played first-class cricket for the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), debuting in 1909 against Leicestershire at Lord's. Swann-Mason made two further first-class appearances for the MCC, against Leicestershire in 1910, and Cambridge University in 1914.[4] He scored 67 runs in his three first-class matches, with a high score of 25.[5]
He served as a chaplain in the Royal Navy during the First World War, surviving the sinking of HMS Ocean in 1915.[1] For his services during the war, he was made an OBE in the 1919 New Year Honours.[6] Following the war, he served as the vicar of Christ Church, Albany Street until his death at St Pancras in February 1942.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 "Wisden - Obituaries in 1942". ESPNcricinfo. 2 December 2005. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
- ↑ Oxford and Cambridge Yearbook, 1904. 1904. p. 616.
- ↑ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Richard Swann-Mason". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
- ↑ "First-Class Matches played by Richard Swann-Mason". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
- ↑ "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Richard Swann-Mason". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
- ↑ "No. 31099". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 1918. p. 113.