Richard Swann-Mason

Richard Swann Swann-Mason OBE (4 March 1871 – 21 February 1942) was an English first-class cricketer and clergyman.

Richard Swann-Mason

Personal information
Full name	Richard Swann Swann-Mason
Born	4 March 1871 Haslingfield, Cambridgeshire, England
Died	21 February 1942(1942-02-21) (aged 70) St Pancras, London, England
Batting	Unknown
Bowling	Unknown
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1896–1908	Cambridgeshire
1909–1914	Marylebone Cricket Club
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 3 Runs scored 67 Batting average 16.75 100s/50s –/– Top score 25 Balls bowled 18 Wickets 0 Bowling average – 5 wickets in innings – 10 wickets in match – Best bowling – Catches/stumpings 4/–
Source: Cricinfo, 21 July 2019

Swann-Mason was born in March 1871 in Haslingfield, Cambridgeshire. He was educated at The Perse School,^[1] before graduating as a non-collegiate student from the University of Cambridge.^[2] After graduating, he became a clergyman in the Anglican Church. He played Minor Counties Cricket for Cambridgeshire from 1896–1908, making 41 appearances in the Minor Counties Championship.^[3] He also played first-class cricket for the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), debuting in 1909 against Leicestershire at Lord's. Swann-Mason made two further first-class appearances for the MCC, against Leicestershire in 1910, and Cambridge University in 1914.^[4] He scored 67 runs in his three first-class matches, with a high score of 25.^[5]

He served as a chaplain in the Royal Navy during the First World War, surviving the sinking of HMS Ocean in 1915.^[1] For his services during the war, he was made an OBE in the 1919 New Year Honours.^[6] Following the war, he served as the vicar of Christ Church, Albany Street until his death at St Pancras in February 1942.^[1]