{{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, England | heightft = | heightinch = | batting = Right-handed | bowling = Right-arm medium | role = | family = {{ubl|Alec Swann (son)|Graeme Swann (son)}} | club1 = Northumberland | year1 = {{nowrap|1969–1972}} | club2 = Bedfordshire | year2 = 1989–1995 | club3 = Northamptonshire Cricket Board | year3 = 1999 | columns = 1 | column1 = List A | 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 cricketer and schoolteacher.<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref> Swann was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born at Stannington, Northumberland.
Swann made his debut in county cricket for Northumberland, in the 1969 Minor Counties Championship against Cheshire. From 1969 to 1972, he represented the county in seventeen Minor Counties matches, with his final appearance coming against Durham.<ref name="MCM"/> In 1971, he also represented the county in a List A match against Lincolnshire in the Gillette Cup.<ref name="LAM">{{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}}</ref>
Seventeen years after his last Minor counties appearance, Swann joined Bedfordshire, 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.<ref name="MCM">{{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}}</ref> He also represented the county in twelve MCCA Knockout Trophy matches.<ref>{{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}}</ref> He also played a single List A match for Bedfordshire against Worcestershire in the 1991 NatWest Trophy.<ref name="LAM"/>
Swann's final List A appearance came in the 1999 NatWest Trophy for the Northamptonshire Cricket Board against Wiltshire.<ref name="LAM"/> In his total of three List A matches, he scored 37 runs at an average of 12.33, with a high score of 19. With the ball, he took 2 wickets at a bowling average of 31.00, with best figures of 2/50.
==Family and personal life== Swann has two cricketing sons. His younger son Graeme represented Bedfordshire, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire and England and was a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 2010. His elder son Alec has also represented Bedfordshire and played first-class cricket for Northamptonshire and Lancashire. He previously taught P.E. and mathematics at Sponne School, Towcester and Lings Upper school Northampton. He then taught mathematics and geography at Akeley Wood School.
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==External links== *{{cricinfo|id=20432}}
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