Henry Swan (cricketer)

[1] He left Oxford without taking a degree, and worked for a time in the office of the shipping company Elder Dempster Lines in Bristol before working for a shipbuilding company in Wivenhoe in Essex.

[7] Before the tour Sir Home Gordon described Swan as "a man of colossal size, great enthusiasm, possessing fine knowledge of the game as well as a ready wit and imperturbable good temper.

"[4] He played in the opening match of the tour, against Western Australia, making his first-class debut at the age of 43.

[8] Batting at number eleven he was out for a duck in his only innings, and when he fielded his physique caused some amusement among the Perth crowd.

[5] However, he also played in the annual match between former students at British public schools and former Christ's College boys, held that year in Geraldine, South Canterbury.