Please answer the following question: Facts: - source: http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/england/content/player/20449.html cricinfo - role: commentator , journalist - fivefor: -- - country: england - bowling: right arm leg spin - birth date: 11 february 1907 - deliveries: balls 0 - columns: 1 - heightft: 6 - s/s: 0/0 - death date: 22 january 2000 - year: 1937 -- 1938 2000 - name: e. w. swanton - death place: canterbury , kent , england - birth place: forest hill , london , england - date: 1907 2 11 y - image: ews sort of a cricket person.jpg - column: fc - catches/stumpings: 1 / -- - fullname: ernest william swanton - tenfor: -- - matches: 3 - heightinch: 0 - nickname: jim - batting: right-handed - runs: 67 - wickets: -- - family: reymond de montmorency -lrb- father-in-law -rrb- - club: middlesex Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of e. w. swanton .
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ernest william -lrb- jim -rrb- swanton cbe -lrb- 11 february 1907 -- 22 january 2000 -rrb- was a british journalist and author , chiefly known for being a cricket writer and commentator under his initials , e. w. swanton .he worked as a sports journalist for '' the daily telegraph '' and as a broadcaster for bbc radio for 30 years .he was a regular commentator on '' test match special '' , easily recognised by his distinctive '' fruity '' voice .after '' retiring '' in the 1970s , he continued to write occasional articles and columns , virtually until his death .