Full name Gordon Robert Swinney Name Gordon Swinney | Batting style Right-handed Role Cricket Player | |
Born 4 January 1974 (age 50) ( 1974-01-04 ) Bath, Somerset, England | ||
Bowling style Right-arm off break | ||
Gordon Robert Swinney (born 4 January 1974) is a former English cricketer. Swinney was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born at Bath, Somerset.
Swinney first played county cricket for Wiltshire during the 1995 season. He played 2 Minor Counties Championship matches for the county against Wales Minor Counties and Herefordshire. He also represented the county in a single MCCA Knockout Trophy match against Cambridgeshire.
Swinney later represented the Somerset Cricket Board in a single List A match against Bedfordshire in the 2nd round of the 1999 NatWest Trophy. In his only List A match, he scored 59 runs and took a single catch.
During the 1999 Cricket World Cup, Swinney represented a Somerset XI who played againist Kenya as a warm up game.
Swinney also represented Wellington (NZ) during his time in New Zealand, appearing againist Central Districts in Masterton.