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Richard Swann-Mason
Richard Swann Swann-Mason OBE (4 March 1871 – 21 February 1942) was an English first-class cricketer and clergyman. Swann-Mason was born in March 1871 at Haslingfield, Cambridgeshire. He was educated at The Perse School,[1] before graduating as a non-collegiate graduate 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] References
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