William Mather Swinden

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William Swinden
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CountryFlag of England.svg  England
Born26 July 1886
Brooklands (Greater Manchester)
DiedQ3, 1964 (aged 77)
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]

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References

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