John Swinburne (cricketer), Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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English cricketer
Date of Birth: 04-Dec-1939
Place of Birth: Wath-upon-Dearne, England, United Kingdom
Profession: cricketer
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius 
About John Swinburne (cricketer)
- John Warwick Swinburne (born 4 December 1939) is a former English cricketer.
- Swinburne was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break.
- He was born in Wath-upon-Dearne, Yorkshire. Swinburne first played county cricket for Devon, making his debut for the county in the 1964 Minor Counties Championship against Berkshire.
- He continued to play Minor counties cricket for Devon until 1969, in which time he made 46 appearances for the county.
- Swinburne joined Northamptonshire in 1970, making his first-class debut in the County Championship against Warwickshire.
- He played first-class cricket for Northamptonshire from 1970 to 1974, making 29 first-class appearances.
- A tailend batsman, Swinburne scored 159 runs in first-class cricket at a batting average of just 5.67.
- His position within the team was that of a bowler.
- He took 83 wickets for Northamptonshire at a bowling average of 27.48, with four five wicket hauls and one ten wicket haul in a match.
- His best innings bowling figures came against Warwickshire in 1971, with Swinburne taking figures of 6/57 to guide Northamptonshire to a close 46 run win.It was also for Northamptonshire that he made his debut in List A cricket, in the 1971 John Player League against Middlesex.
- In this match he bowled 4 wicket-less overs in what was his only List A appearance for the county.
- Following the end of his first-class career at the end of the 1974 season, he joined Shropshire for the 1975 season, for whom he played 20 Minor Counties Championship matches till 1977.
- He played his second and final List A match for Shropshire in the 1976 Gillette Cup against Yorkshire.
- In this match Swinburne scored 16 runs before being dismissed by Geoff Cope, and with the ball he bowled 10 overs, but once again went wicket-less.
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