Country: | England |
Fullname: | Frank Hillyard Swinstead |
Birth Date: | 6 August 1862 |
Birth Place: | Chelsea, Middlesex, England |
Death Place: | Hornsey, Middlesex, England |
Batting: | Unknown |
Bowling: | Unknown |
Club1: | Marylebone Cricket Club |
Year1: | 1900 |
Columns: | 1 |
Column1: | First-class |
Matches1: | 2 |
Runs1: | 37 |
Bat Avg1: | 9.25 |
100S/50S1: | –/– |
Top Score1: | 15 |
Deliveries1: | 36 |
Wickets1: | 0 |
Bowl Avg1: | – |
Fivefor1: | – |
Tenfor1: | – |
Best Bowling1: | – |
Catches/Stumpings1: | 1/– |
Date: | 19 February |
Year: | 2019 |
Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/21157.html Cricinfo |
Frank Hillyard Swinstead (6 August 1862 - 6 December 1937) was an English first-class cricketer and artist.
Swinstead was born at Chelsea to Charles Swinstead, the master of the North London School of Art, and his second wife, Jane Swinstead (née Hillyard).[1] He was educated at the North London School of Art, before attending the Royal College of Art and Académie Julian in Paris.[1] After graduating, he became an art master, taking over the Hornsey College of Art (formerly the North London School of Art) from his father following his death in 1890.[1] [2] Two years prior to taking over the college, Swinstead appeared in a first-class cricket match for the Gentlemen of England against Cambridge University at Cambridge.[3] He married Lilie Caroline Drew in 1890, with the couple having three sons.[1] He made a second appearance in first-class cricket for the Marylebone Cricket Club against Worcestershire at Lord's in 1900.[3] He later became the principle of the Willesden Polytechnic School of Art and was elected to the Royal Society of British Artists in 1908.[1] He exhibited three paintings of various scenes from Suffolk to the Royal Society of British Artists in 1929.[1] He died at Hornsey Central Hospital in December 1937.[1]