Brian Swift (cricketer)

Brian Tennant Swift (9 September 1937 — 8 March 1958) was an Australian first-class cricketer.

The only son of Sir Brian Herbert Swift, a noted obstetrician and gynaecologist, he was born at Adelaide in September 1937.[1] He was educated at St Peter's College in Adelaide,[1] 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.[2]

While studying at Cambridge, Swift played first-class cricket for Cambridge University Cricket Club in 1957, making seventeen appearances as a wicket-keeper.[3] He took 37 catches and made 10 stumpings in his capacity as wicket-keeper, in addition to scoring 160 runs with a highest score of 25.[4] 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".[1] Swift was killed in a road accident on 8 March 1958 at Higham near Bury St Edmunds, when his car was involved in a collision with a lorry.[5] 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.