David Mathews (field hockey)

David Mathews

Personal information
Born	(1977-05-25) 25 May 1977 (age 48) England
Playing position	Forward
Senior career
Years	Team
1995–2002	Canterbury
2002–2005	Amsterdam
2005–2008	Canterbury
2008–2010	Holcombe
National team
Years	Team	Caps
	GB & England	62

David Mathews (born 25 May 1977) is a retired English field hockey player.

Biography

Mathews was educated at Simon Langton School and played club hockey for Canterbury in the Men's England Hockey League. While at Canterbury he was part of the England squad that competed in the men's tournament at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Later, Mathews played club hockey for in Netherlands playing for Amsterdam ^{[5] [6]} and after another spell with Canterbury then played for Holcombe. ^[7]

Mathews was a player/assistant coach for 9 years at Canterbury and head coach for Richmond Hockey Club for 6 years. Additionally, he worked as head of hockey for Gordon's School. In 2021, Mathews was appointed Director of Hockey at Old Cranleighan Hockey Club. ^[8]

References

1. "Experienced hockey squad for Games". Bolton News. 8 August 2002. Retrieved 26 May 2025.
2. "Parnham in latest squad" . Shropshire Star. 21 June 2002. Retrieved 26 May 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
3. "BBC SPORT - Controversy mars England win". 28 July 2002. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
4. "Hockey: Mathews bags goals and bans - More Sports - Sport - The Independent". 18 March 2002. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
5. "Mathews steadily regaining form - Telegraph". 17 October 2005. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
6. "Reid-Ross krijgt zicht op doelpuntenrecord van Mathews - Hockey.nl". Archived from the original on 16 December 2014. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
7. "EHL statistics" . Retrieved 5 December 2014.
8. "New Coaching Appointments". OC Hockey Club. 19 May 2021. Retrieved 26 May 2025.