Henry Sigismund Schwann (19 November 1868 – 27 May 1931) was an English first-class cricketer and stockbroker.
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| Full name | Henry Sigismund Schwann | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 19 November 1868 North Houghton, Hampshire, England | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 27 May 1931 (aged 62) Meads, Sussex, England | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
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| 1890 | Oxford University | ||||||||||||||
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The son of Frederick Sigismund Schwann, he was born in November 1868 at North Houghton, Hampshire. He was educated at Clifton College,[1] where he played for the school cricket team and recorded a then record high score in an away match for the college of 209 not out against Sherborne School.[2] From Clifton he went up to Corpus Christi College, Oxford.[3] While studying at Oxford, he played first-class cricket for Oxford University in 1890, making six appearances which included playing in The University Match against Cambridge at Lord's.[4] He scored 204 runs in his six matches, at an average of 18.54 and a high score of 70.[5]
After graduating from Oxford, he became a stockbroker at the London Stock Exchange.[2] In March 1917, he changed his name to Henry Bagehot Swann, presumably Anglicised from German to English due to anti-German sentiment in England at the time.[6] Schwann died in May 1931 at Meads, Sussex.
References
edit- ^ "Clifton College Register" Muirhead, J.A.O. p88: Bristol; J.W Arrowsmith for Old Cliftonian Society; April, 1948
- ^ a b Oakeley, E. M. (1897). Clifton College Annals and Register, 1860–1897. J. W. Arrowsmith. p. 249.
- ^ Foster, Joseph (1893). Oxford Men and Their Colleges. James Parker & Co. p. 540.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by Henry Schwann". CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
- ^ "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Henry Schwann". CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
- ^ "No. 29986". The London Gazette. 16 March 1917. p. 2667.