Frederick Swarbrook
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Frederick Swarbrook is a former English
cricket
er who played first-class cricket
for Derbyshire
from 1967 to 1979 and for Griqualand West from 1972/73 to 1987/88.
Swarbrook's first-class debut came in 1967, against Cambridge University
, and he made his County Championship debut the following season against Worcestershire
. Bowling tightly, he took two wickets for just ten runs in his first bowling stint for the team.
Though Derbyshire rallied well during the 1968 season, they suffered a painful 1969 which saw Swarbrook amongst the lowest scorers. However, he continued to play consistently through to 1971, before being snapped up to play in the southern hemisphere for Griqualand West. The team, however, finished bottom of the Section B table in 1972/73, and within three months Swarbrook was back playing for Derbyshire. He continued in the Currie Cup until 1976, after which he became a fixture in the Derbyshire first team. He played for Derbyshire during a Pakistani tour of England in 1977, and moved back to play for Orange Free State
in 1980.
For the next eight years, he stayed in South Africa, completing his stint at Orange before moving to Griqualand West
, where he played until 1988.
He was a left-handed batsman and a left-arm slow bowler. While at Derbyshire, Swarbrook remained a lower-order batsman and a strong bowler. Swarbrook hit two ten-wicket matches during his Derbyshire career, once against Oxford University
and once against Sussex
, taking a match-best 13/62.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
er who played first-class cricket
First-class cricket
First-class cricket is a class of cricket that consists of matches of three or more days' scheduled duration, that are between two sides of eleven players and are officially adjudged first-class by virtue of the standard of the competing teams...
for Derbyshire
Derbyshire County Cricket Club
Derbyshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the England and Wales domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Derbyshire...
from 1967 to 1979 and for Griqualand West from 1972/73 to 1987/88.
Swarbrook's first-class debut came in 1967, against Cambridge University
Cambridge University Cricket Club
Cambridge University Cricket Club is a first-class cricket team. It now plays all but one of its first-class cricket matches as part of the Cambridge University Centre of Cricketing Excellence , which includes Anglia Ruskin University...
, and he made his County Championship debut the following season against Worcestershire
Worcestershire County Cricket Club
Worcestershire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Worcestershire...
. Bowling tightly, he took two wickets for just ten runs in his first bowling stint for the team.
Though Derbyshire rallied well during the 1968 season, they suffered a painful 1969 which saw Swarbrook amongst the lowest scorers. However, he continued to play consistently through to 1971, before being snapped up to play in the southern hemisphere for Griqualand West. The team, however, finished bottom of the Section B table in 1972/73, and within three months Swarbrook was back playing for Derbyshire. He continued in the Currie Cup until 1976, after which he became a fixture in the Derbyshire first team. He played for Derbyshire during a Pakistani tour of England in 1977, and moved back to play for Orange Free State
Orange Free State cricket team
The Free State cricket team is the first-class cricket team representing the province of Free State in South Africa....
in 1980.
For the next eight years, he stayed in South Africa, completing his stint at Orange before moving to Griqualand West
Griqualand West cricket team
The Griqualand West cricket team is the first-class cricket team that represents the province of Griqualand West in South Africa. For the purposes of the SuperSport Series, Griqualand West has merged with Free State to form the Eagles from October 2004....
, where he played until 1988.
He was a left-handed batsman and a left-arm slow bowler. While at Derbyshire, Swarbrook remained a lower-order batsman and a strong bowler. Swarbrook hit two ten-wicket matches during his Derbyshire career, once against Oxford University
Oxford University Cricket Club
Oxford University Cricket Club is a first-class cricket team, representing the University of Oxford. It plays its home games at the University Parks in Oxford, England...
and once against Sussex
Sussex County Cricket Club
Sussex County Cricket Club is the oldest of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Sussex. The club was founded as a successor to Brighton Cricket Club which was a representative of the county of Sussex as a...
, taking a match-best 13/62.
External links
- Frederick Swarbrook at Cricket Archive