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England
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Austin Matthews
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Right-hand bat
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Right-arm fast-medium
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180
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3250
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1/13
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281
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5919
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14 August
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1937
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14 August
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1937
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(born
May 3 ,
1904 in
Glamorgan , died on
July 29 ,
1977 in
Penrhyn Bay ,
Llandudno ,
Caernarvonshire ,
Wales ) was a
Cricketer who played for
Northamptonshire ,
Glamorgan and
England .
Matthews was a right-arm fast-medium bowler and a useful lower order batsman who played for 10 seasons for one of the weakest counties, Northamptonshire, from 1927 without ever suggesting that there was any great depth to his talent. The 567 wickets he took in those 10 seasons cost an average of 26.45 runs each, and though he scored a couple of centuries, his batting was not out of the ordinary.
Then in 1937, he left full-time
First-class Cricket to become coach at
Stowe School and, in the holidays, turned out for Glamorgan. In his third match for the county, he took 14
Sussex wickets for 132 runs on a batsman's pitch at
Hastings , and two weeks later he was a controversial choice for the third
Test Match against
New Zealand at
The Oval , making his debut alongside
Denis Compton . He took two wickets (
Walter Hadlee in both innings), made two runs and took one catch, and was never picked again.
He continued in county cricket intermittently until 1947, taking 225 wickets for Glamorgan at the low average of 15.88 runs per wicket, and also coached
Cambridge University .
An all-round sportsman, Matthews played
Rugby Union for Northampton and was a final trialist for Wales. He also represented Wales at
Table Tennis .
