Ian Swallow

{{short description|English cricketer (born 1962)}}

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{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Ian Swallow

| fullname = Ian Geoffrey Swallow

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1962|12|18|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Barnsley, Yorkshire, England

| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Right-arm off-break

| club1 = Yorkshire

| year1 = 1983–1989

| club2 = Somerset

| year2 = 1990–1991

| columns = 2

| column1 = FC

| matches1 = 88

| runs1 = 1550

| bat avg1 = 20.39

| 100s/50s1 = 1/2

| top score1 = 114

| deliveries1 = 11215

| wickets1 = 106

| bowl avg1 = 54.69

| fivefor1 = 1

| tenfor1 = 0

| best bowling1 = 7/95

| catches/stumpings1 = 43/–

| column2 = LA

| matches2 = 34

| runs2 = 149

| bat avg2 = 14.90

| 100s/50s2 = 0/0

| top score2 = 31

| deliveries2 = 1193

| wickets2 = 14

| bowl avg2 = 69.00

| fivefor2 = 0

| tenfor2 = n/a

| best bowling2 = 2/32

| catches/stumpings2 = 10/–

| date = 22 December 2015

| source = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/3/3839/3839.html CricketArchive

}}

Ian Geoffrey Swallow (born 18 December 1962, Barnsley, Yorkshire, England) is a former English first-class cricketer, who appeared for Yorkshire County Cricket Club from 1983 to 1989,{{cite book |title=The Yorkshire County Cricket Club: 2011 Yearbook |last=Warner |first=David |year=2011 |edition=113th |publisher=Great Northern Books |location=Ilkley, Yorkshire |isbn=978-1-905080-85-4 |page=379 }} and for Somerset in 1990 and 1991.

Swallow was a right-arm off break bowler and a right-handed batsman. In 88 first-class matches he scored 1,550 runs at 20.39, with his single century being a score of 114. He took 106 wickets, with a best of 7 for 95, at an average of 54.69. He is considered to be the greatest of all time at Elsecar CC where he retired from cricket last season.

Swallow was also a semi-professional footballer, playing for Stocksbridge Park Steels between 1993 and 1997.https://www.thefootballarchives.com/network/player.php?ID=339471