John Sheddon Swift (born 3 February 1852, died 28 February 1926 at Kew, Victoria) was a Victorian First-class cricketer and Test match umpire. February 3 is the 34th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1852 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... February 28 is the 59th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1926 (MCMXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Kew is a suburb of Melbourne, Australia, in the state of Victoria. ... The Victorian Bushrangers are an Australian cricket team based in Melbourne, Victoria. ... First-class cricket matches are those of at least three days length in which both teams have two innings each, and which involve either international teams or the highest division of domestic competition. ... This is a list of those people who have umpired at least one Test match in Australia between Australia and other Test cricket nations. ...

He played three matches for Victoria as a right-hand batsman, scoring 65 runs at an average of 13.00 with a highest score of 28. He also kept wickets, taking two catches.

Swift umpired 8 Test matches, and was the first Australian to regularly officiate. He made his debut in the match between Australia and England in Melbourne on 31 December 1881 to 4 January 1882, officiating with James Lillywhite. In 1882-83 he and Ted Elliott stood in all four Test matches, the first time two umpires had officiated throughout an entire series. Moyes commented that “[a]pparently we had reached the time when some kind of qualification was required and some consistency in appointment was observed.” This was the series that saw presentation of “The Ashes” urn to the English captain, Ivo Bligh. Swift's last match was between Australia and England in Sydney on 25 February to 1 March 1887. Test cricket is the longest form of the sport of cricket. ... The English cricket team is a national cricket team which nominally represents England and Wales, but is a de facto United Kingdom team. ... Melbourne is the state capital and largest city in the Australian state of Victoria, and the second largest city in Australia (after Sydney), with a population of approximately 3. ... December 31 is the 365th day of the year (366th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1881 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... January 4 is the 4th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1882 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... External link Cricinfo page on James Lillywhite Categories: Cricket stubs | 1842 births | 1929 births | Cricketers | English cricketers | Sussex cricketers | English test cricketers | English bowlers | Cricket umpires | English cricket captains ... ... Ivo Francis Walter Bligh, 8th Earl of Darnley (13 March 1859-10 April 1927), known earlier in his life as The Honourable Ivo Bligh, was a cricketer who captained the English cricket team in the first ever Ashes series in Australia in 1882/3. ... Sydney is the state capital and most populous city of the Australian state of New South Wales, as well as Australias largest and oldest city (founded in 1788). ... February 25 is the 56th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... March 1 is the 60th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (61st in leap years). ... 1887 is a common year starting on Saturday (click on link for calendar). ...

See also

• Australian Test Cricket Umpires
• List of Test umpires

This is a list of those people who have umpired at least one Test match in Australia between Australia and other Test cricket nations. ... The following is a list of cricket umpires who have officiated at least one test match. ...

External links

• Player Profile: John Swift from Cricinfo

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References=

• Pollard, Jack, ‘’Australian Cricket: 1803-1893, The Formative Years’’. Sydney, The Book Company, 1995. (ISBN 0-207-15490-2)
• Moyes, A. G., ‘’Australian Cricket: A History’’, Sydney, Angus & Robertson, 1959.