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Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Ray_Swann > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Ray_Swann.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Swann > Source revision: 1344650296 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|English former cricketer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2016}} {{Use British English|date=February 2016}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Raymond Swann | image = | country = England | fullname = Raymond Swann | nickname = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1950|10|2|df=yes}} | birth_place = [Stannington, Northumberland](/source/Stannington%2C_Northumberland), England | heightft = | heightinch = | batting = Right-handed | bowling = Right-arm [medium](/source/Seam_bowling) | role = | family = {{ubl|[Alec Swann](/source/Alec_Swann) (son)|[Graeme Swann](/source/Graeme_Swann) (son)}} | club1 = [Northumberland](/source/Northumberland_County_Cricket_Club) | year1 = {{nowrap|1969–1972}} | club2 = [Bedfordshire](/source/Bedfordshire_County_Cricket_Club) | year2 = 1989–1995 | club3 = [Northamptonshire Cricket Board](/source/Northamptonshire_Cricket_Board) | year3 = 1999 | columns = 1 | column1 = [List A](/source/List_A_cricket) | matches1 = 3 | runs1 = 37 | bat avg1 = 12.33 | 100s/50s1 = 0/0 | top score1 = 19 | deliveries1 = 54 | wickets1 = 2 | bowl avg1 = 31.00 | fivefor1 = 0 | tenfor1 = 0 | best bowling1 = 2/50 | catches/stumpings1 = 0/– | date = 22 July | year = 2010 | source = http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/20432.html Cricinfo }} '''Raymond Swann''' (born 2 October 1950) is a former English [cricket](/source/cricket)er and schoolteacher.{{Cite web |date=17 January 2019 |title=The Wisden Club Cricket Hall of Fame: Ray Swann | Grassroots Cricket |url=https://www.wisden.com/cricket-interviews/wisden-club-cricket-hall-of-fame-ray-swann |website=Wisden}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/review-graeme-swann-s-the-breaks-are-off-548681|title=A lad's brags and gags|website=ESPNcricinfo}} Swann was a right-handed [batsman](/source/batsman_(cricket)) who bowled right-arm [medium pace](/source/Seam_bowling). He was born at [Stannington](/source/Stannington%2C_Northumberland), [Northumberland](/source/Northumberland). Swann made his debut in [county cricket](/source/county_cricket) for [Northumberland](/source/Northumberland_County_Cricket_Club), in the 1969 [Minor Counties Championship](/source/Minor_Counties_Championship) against [Cheshire](/source/Cheshire_County_Cricket_Club). From 1969 to 1972, he represented the county in seventeen Minor Counties matches, with his final appearance coming against [Durham](/source/Durham_County_Cricket_Club). In 1971, he also represented the county in a [List A](/source/List_A_cricket) match against [Lincolnshire](/source/Lincolnshire_County_Cricket_Club) in the [Gillette Cup](/source/1971_Gillette_Cup).{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/9/9058/List_A_Matches.html|title=List A Matches played by Raymond Swann|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=31 October 2011}} Seventeen years after his last Minor counties appearance, Swann joined [Bedfordshire](/source/Bedfordshire_County_Cricket_Club), making his Minor Counties Championship debut for the county against his former county Northumberland. From 1989 to 1995, he represented the county in 53 Minor Counties Championship matches, with his final appearance coming against [Cambridgeshire](/source/Cambridgeshire_County_Cricket_Club).{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/9/9058/Minor_Counties_Championship_Matches.html|title=Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Raymond Swann|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=31 October 2011}} He also represented the county in twelve [MCCA Knockout Trophy](/source/MCCA_Knockout_Trophy) matches.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/9/9058/Minor_Counties_Trophy_Matches.html|title=Minor Counties Trophy Matches played by Raymond Swann|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=31 October 2011}} He also played a single List A match for Bedfordshire against [Worcestershire](/source/Worcestershire_County_Cricket_Club) in the [1991 NatWest Trophy](/source/1991_NatWest_Trophy). Swann's final List A appearance came in the [1999 NatWest Trophy](/source/1999_NatWest_Trophy) for the [Northamptonshire Cricket Board](/source/Northamptonshire_Cricket_Board) against [Wiltshire](/source/Wiltshire_County_Cricket_Club). In his total of three List A matches, he scored 37 runs at an [average](/source/batting_average_(cricket)) of 12.33, with a high score of 19. With the ball, he took 2 wickets at a [bowling average](/source/bowling_average) of 31.00, with best figures of 2/50. ==Family and personal life== Swann has two cricketing sons. His younger son [Graeme](/source/Graeme_Swann) represented Bedfordshire, [Northamptonshire](/source/Northamptonshire_County_Cricket_Club), [Nottinghamshire](/source/Nottinghamshire_County_Cricket_Club) and [England](/source/England_national_cricket_team) and was a [Wisden Cricketer of the Year](/source/Wisden_Cricketers_of_the_Year) in 2010. His elder son [Alec](/source/Alec_Swann) has also represented Bedfordshire and played first-class cricket for Northamptonshire and [Lancashire](/source/Lancashire_County_Cricket_Club). He previously taught [P.E.](/source/Physical_education) and mathematics at [Sponne School](/source/Sponne_School), [Towcester](/source/Towcester) and Lings Upper school Northampton. He then taught mathematics and geography at Akeley Wood School. ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== *{{cricinfo|id=20432}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Swann, Raymond}} Category:1950 births Category:Living people Category:Schoolteachers from Northumberland Category:English cricketers Category:Northumberland cricketers Category:Bedfordshire cricketers Category:Northamptonshire Cricket Board cricketers Category:People from Stannington, Northumberland Category:Cricketers from Northumberland Category:20th-century English sportsmen --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Ray Swann](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Swann) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Swann?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.