| Thomas Swinford | |
| Country: | England |
| Fullname: | Thomas Francis Swinford |
| Birth Date: | 9 May 1839 |
| Birth Place: | Minster-in-Thanet, Kent |
| Death Place: | Polegate, Sussex |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Year1: | 1874 |
| Columns: | 1 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 4 |
| Runs1: | 89 |
| Bat Avg1: | 11.12 |
| 100S/50S1: | 0/1 |
| Top Score1: | 50 |
| Hidedeliveries: | true |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 0/– |
| Date: | 26 June |
| Year: | 2014 |
| Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/21156.html Cricinfo |
Captain Thomas Francis Swinford (9 May 1839 – 23 January 1915) was an English army officer and cricketer who played in four first-class cricket matches in 1874. Born at Minster-in-Thanet near Ramsgate in Kent, Swinford was a right-handed batsman.[1] [2]
Educated at Blackheath Proprietary School,[3] Swinford played his first-class matches for Kent County Cricket Club. His debut was against Derbyshire.[4] He was described in his Wisden obituary as a "good batsman and long-stop" who had made a half-century against Lancashire.
He served as a captain in the 98th Regiment. He died at Polegate near Eastbourne in Sussex in January 1915 aged 75.