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| Full name | Ian Geoffrey Swallow | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 18 December 1962 Barnsley, Yorkshire, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm off-break | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1983–1989 | Yorkshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1990–1991 | Somerset | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:CricketArchive,22 December 2015 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ian Geoffrey Swallow (born 18 December 1962,Barnsley,Yorkshire,England) is a former English first-class cricketer,who appeared for Yorkshire County Cricket Club from 1983 to 1989, [1] and for Somerset in 1990 and 1991.
Swallow was a right-arm off break bowler and a right-handed batsman. In 88 first-class matches he scored 1,550 runs at 20.39,with his single century being a score of 114. He took 106 wickets,with a best of 7 for 95,at an average of 54.69. He is considered to be the greatest of all time at Elsecar CC where he retired from cricket last season.
Swallow was also a semi-professional footballer,playing for Stocksbridge Park Steels between 1993 and 1997. [2]