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E. W. Swanton

England
Personal information
Full name Ernest William Swanton
Nickname Jim
Born 11 February 1907(1907-02-11)
Forest Hill, London, England
Died 22 January 2000 (aged 92)
Canterbury, Kent, England
Height 6 ft 0 in (1. The England cricket team is the national cricket team which represents England and Wales. Events 660 BC - Traditional founding date of Japan by Emperor Jimmu. Year 1907 ( MCMVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Forest Hill is a suburb and electoral ward in the London Borough of Lewisham, situated between Dulwich and Sydenham in southeast London London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Events 565 - Eutychius is deposed as Patriarch of Constantinople by John Scholasticus. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Canterbury ( ˈkæntəbɹ̩i is a City in eastern Kent in the South East region of England. KENT (1400 AM) is a Radio station broadcasting a Adult Standards/MOR format England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland 83 m)
Role Commentator, journalist
Batting style Right-handed
Bowling style Right arm leg spin
Domestic team information
Years Team
1937 – 1938 Middlesex
Career statistics
FC
Matches 3
Runs scored 67
Batting average 13. A sportscaster, (also sports announcer, sport commentator or sport presenter) is a type of Journalist on Radio and/or Television A journalist (also called a newspaperman) is a person who practices Journalism, the gathering and dissemination of information about current events trends Leg spin is a style of Spin bowling in Cricket. A leg spinner bowls right-arm with a Wrist spin action causing the ball to spin anti-clockwise at the point Middlesex County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic Cricket structure representing the historic county First-class cricket refers to the class of Cricket matches of three or more days scheduled duration between two sides of eleven players and officially adjudged first-class by Batting average is a Statistic in both Cricket and Baseball measuring the performance of cricket batsmen and baseball hitters, respectively 40
100s/50s 0/0
Top score 26
Balls bowled 0
Wickets –
Bowling average –
5 wickets in innings –
10 wickets in match –
Best bowling –
Catches/stumpings 1/–

As of 22 January 2000
Source: Cricinfo

Ernest William (Jim) Swanton CBE (11 February 1907 – 22 January 2000) is chiefly known for being a cricket writer and commentator under his initials, E. A delivery or ball in Cricket is a single action of Bowling a Cricket ball towards the Batsman. In the sport of Cricket the word wicket has several distinct meanings Meanings of wicket Set of stumps Primarily the wicket Bowling average is a Statistic measuring the performance of bowlers in the Sport of Cricket. An inning, or innings, is a fixed-length segment of a game in any of a variety of Sports &ndash most notably Cricket and Baseball during For other uses see Stump (disambiguation Stump is a term used in the Sport of Cricket where has three different meanings Events 565 - Eutychius is deposed as Patriarch of Constantinople by John Scholasticus. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British Order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by King George V. Events 660 BC - Traditional founding date of Japan by Emperor Jimmu. Year 1907 ( MCMVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Events 565 - Eutychius is deposed as Patriarch of Constantinople by John Scholasticus. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Cricket is a bat-and-ball team Sport that originated in England and is now played in more than 100 countries W. Swanton. He worked as a sports journalist for The Daily Telegraph newspaper and as a broadcaster for BBC Radio for 30 years. A journalist (also called a newspaperman) is a person who practices Journalism, the gathering and dissemination of information about current events trends For "The Daily Telegraph" in Australia see The Daily Telegraph (Australia. A newspaper is a written Publication containing News, information and Advertising, usually printed on low-cost paper called Newsprint. A presenter, or host (sometimes hostess, in feminine form is a Person or Organization responsible for running an event BBC Radio is a service of the British Broadcasting Corporation which has operated in the United Kingdom under the terms of a Royal Charter since 1927 He was a regular commentator on Test Match Special, easily recognised by his distinctive "fruity" voice. Test Match Special (known as TMS) is a radio programme broadcast on BBC Radio 4 ( Long wave) Five Live Sports Extra ( After "retiring" in the 1970s, he continued to write occasional articles and columns, virtually until his death. This article is about the Decade 1970-1979 For the Year 1970 see 1970.

Swanton was born in Forest Hill, London. Forest Hill is a suburb and electoral ward in the London Borough of Lewisham, situated between Dulwich and Sydenham in southeast London London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. His father was a stockbroker. A stock broker or stockbroker is a qualified and regulated professional who buys and sells shares and other securities through Market makers or He claimed to have attended a cricket match at which W. G. Grace scored a century while a baby in his pram. William Gilbert Grace ( 18 July 1848 – 23 October 1915) was an English Cricketer who by his extraordinary skills made He attended Cranleigh School, and became a journalist. Cranleigh School is an independent English Boarding school in the village of Cranleigh, Surrey. He started as Amalgamated Press, but began to write for the London Evening Standard newspaper at the age of 27. Fleetway, also known as Fleetway Publications and Fleetway Editions, was a publishing company mainly producing comic magazines for the UK. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. The London Evening Standard is an English Tabloid regional local newspaper published and sold in London and surrounding areas of southeast A newspaper is a written Publication containing News, information and Advertising, usually printed on low-cost paper called Newsprint. He also played three county cricket matches for Middlesex County Cricket Club in 1937 and 1938, all against university sides. County cricket is the highest level of domestic Cricket in England and Wales Middlesex County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic Cricket structure representing the historic county He did not distinguish himself, scoring only 67 runs in 5 first-class innings. the Sport of Cricket, a run is the basic unit of scoring. Runs are scored by a Batsman, and the aggregate of the scores of a team's batsmen (plus First-class cricket refers to the class of Cricket matches of three or more days scheduled duration between two sides of eleven players and officially adjudged first-class by An inning, or innings, is a fixed-length segment of a game in any of a variety of Sports &ndash most notably Cricket and Baseball during

He served in the Bedfordshire Yeomanry in the Second World War. Bedfordshire Yeomanry, a unit of the British Army originally raised in 1797 as a body of independent troops the Bedfordshire Yeomanry Cavalry was disbanded after the Napoleonic World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including He was captured by the Japanese in the fall of Singapore, and spent 3 years as a prisoner of war. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. Singapore After the war, he became cricket correspondent for The Daily Telegraph in 1946, remaining in that post until 1975. He was also editorial director of The Cricketer from 1967 to 1988. The Cricketer was an English cricket magazine founded in 1921 by Sir Pelham Warner, the ex-England captain turned cricket writer His writing style was very spare and simple, reporting what happened and why, without the flourishes of Neville Cardus or John Arlott. Sir John Frederick Neville Cardus ( 2 April 1889 &ndash 28 February 1975) was an English writer and critic best known for his writing on music Leslie Thomas John Arlott ( February 25, 1914 &ndash December 14, 1991) was a freelance author whose main subjects were sport and wine a poet John Warr once described it as being "halfway between the Ten Commandments and Enid Blyton". John James Warr (born July 16, 1927) is a former English Cricketer. Enid Mary Blyton ( August 11 1897 &ndash November 28 1968) was a British children's writer.

He was awarded the OBE in 1965 and the CBE in 1994. He made his selections for as one of the voters for the Wisden Cricketers of the Century in 2000, shortly before he died in Canterbury. The Wisden Cricketers of the Century are five Cricketers who were judged to be the most prominent players of the 20th century as selected by a 100-member panel of Cricket experts Canterbury ( ˈkæntəbɹ̩i is a City in eastern Kent in the South East region of England. A respected biography, by David Rayvern Allen, of Swanton (see image) published shortly after his death revealed many previously unknown facts about his life.

Bibliography

Biography

"Jim: The Life of E. W. Swanton" by David Rayvern Allen ISBN 978 1854109002

External links

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