Brian Tennant Swift (9 September 1937 — 8 March 1958) was an
Australian first-class
cricket
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er.
The only son of Sir
Brian Herbert Swift, a noted obstetrician and gynaecologist, he was born at
Adelaide in September 1937.
He was educated at
St Peter's College in Adelaide,
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.
While studying at Cambridge, Swift played
first-class cricket for
Cambridge University Cricket Club in 1957, making seventeen appearances as a
wicket-keeper. He took 37 catches and made 10
stumpings
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in his capacity as wicket-keeper, in addition to scoring 160 runs with a highest score of 25. 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".
Swift was killed in a road accident on 8 March 1958 at
Higham near
Bury St Edmunds
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, when his car was involved in a collision with a lorry.
[Undergrad death. '']Sunday Mirror
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''. 9 March 1958. p. 20 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.
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1937 births
1958 deaths
Cricketers from Adelaide
People educated at St Peter's College, Adelaide
Alumni of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge
Australian cricketers
Cambridge University cricketers
Road incident deaths in England