| Country: | Australia |
| Fullname: | Brian Tennant Swift |
| Birth Date: | 9 September 1937 |
| Birth Place: | Adelaide, South Australia, Australia |
| Death Place: | Higham, Suffolk, England |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Role: | Wicket-keeper |
| Club1: | Cambridge University |
| Year1: | 1957 |
| Columns: | 1 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 17 |
| Runs1: | 160 |
| Bat Avg1: | 10.00 |
| 100S/50S1: | –/– |
| Top Score1: | 25 |
| Hidedeliveries: | true |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 37/10 |
| Date: | 10 January |
| Year: | 2022 |
| Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/21153.html Cricinfo |
Brian Tennant Swift (9 September 1937 — 8 March 1958) was an Australian first-class cricketer.
The only son of Sir Brian Herbert Swift, a noted obstetrician and gynaecologist, he was born at Adelaide in September 1937.[1] He was educated at St Peter's College in Adelaide,[1] before following in his father's footsteps to study in England at the University of Cambridge, where he matriculated to study agricultural science at Caius College.[2]
While studying at Cambridge, Swift played first-class cricket for Cambridge University Cricket Club in 1957, making seventeen appearances as a wicket-keeper.[3] He took 37 catches and made 10 stumpings in his capacity as wicket-keeper, in addition to scoring 160 runs with a highest score of 25.[4] He was described by Wisden as a "very promising cricketer", who also noted that his return as wicket-keeper "was the best for Cambridge for a good many years".[1] Swift was killed in a road accident on 8 March 1958 at Higham near Bury St Edmunds, when his car was involved in a collision with a lorry.[5] In the aftermath of his death, Cambridge captain Ted Dexter replaced Swift in the Cambridge side with wicket-keeper Christopher Howland for the 1958 season.