Richard Swann Swann-Mason (4 March 1871 – 21 February 1942) was an English first-class

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er and clergyman. Swann-Mason was born in March 1871 in Haslingfield, Cambridgeshire. He was educated at

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, before graduating as a non-collegiate student from the

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. After graduating, he became a clergyman in the

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. He played

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for

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from 1896–1908, making 41 appearances in the

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. He also played

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for the

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(MCC), debuting in 1909 against

Leicestershire Leicestershire ( ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the East Midlands of England. It is bordered by Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire to the north, Rutland to the east, Northamptonshire to the south-east, Warw ...

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. Swann-Mason made two further first-class appearances for the MCC, against Leicestershire in 1910, and

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in 1914. He scored 67 runs in his three first-class matches, with a high score of 25. He served as a

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in the Royal Navy during the First World War, surviving the sinking of in 1915. For his services during the war, he was made an OBE in the 1919 New Year Honours. Following the war, he served as the vicar of Christ Church, Albany Street until his death at St Pancras in February 1942.

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