William Mather Swinden Explained

William Swinden
Birth Date:	26 July 1886
Birth Place:	Brooklands (Greater Manchester)
Death Date:	Q3, 1964 (aged 77)
Death Place:	Worthing, Sussex

William Mather Swinden (1886-1964), was a male English international badminton player.^[1]

Badminton career

Swinden born in Cheshire ^[2] was a winner of the 1923 Scottish Open and runner-up in the All England Open Badminton Championships.^[3]

He was part of the English team that toured Canada in 1925 to promote the sport on behalf of the Canadian Badminton Association which had recently been formed in 1921.^{[4] [5]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: History. All England Badminton.
2. Web site: Index entry. 5 April 2021. FreeBMD. ONS.
3. Book: Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian. The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results. 1987. 74–78. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. 0-85112-492-5. registration.
4. Web site: Badminton : An Illustrated History - From ancient pastime to Olympic sport. Google Books.
5. Web site: UK, Incoming Passenger Lists, Southampton, England 1926. Ancestry UK.