- Swanton, E W
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▪ 2001“Jim”British sportswriter and broadcaster (b. Feb. 11, 1907, Forest Hill, London, Eng.—d. Jan. 22, 2000, Canterbury, Kent, Eng.), was one of England's most respected and influential cricket authorities for more than 70 years. Except for his years of military service during World War II (which included 31/2 years interned in a Japanese prison camp), Swanton reported on cricket throughout his life, as a radio and television commentator for the BBC (1934–75) and as a writer for the Evening Standard (1927–39), as cricket correspondent for the Daily Telegraph (daily from 1946 to 1975 and as a regular contributor thereafter), and as editorial director of The Cricketer magazine (1967–88). Swanton, who also reported on rugby until 1964, was a founding member of the Cricket Writers' Club and the author or editor of numerous books on the sport. He was made OBE in 1965 and advanced to CBE in 1994.
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