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Full name | Kenneth Patrick Arthur Mathews | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | West Worthing, Sussex, England | 10 May 1926||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Relations | John Mathews (father) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1955 | Marylebone Cricket Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1951 | Cambridge University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1950–1951 | Sussex | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:Cricinfo,22 July 2012 |
Kenneth Patrick Arthur Mathews (born 10 May 1926) is an English former cricketer. Mathews was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born at West Worthing,Sussex,and was educated at Felsted School. [1]
Mathews made his first-class debut for Sussex against Cambridge University in 1950. He made three further first-class appearances for the county in that season,against Surrey,Kent and Northamptonshire in the County Championship. [2] He scored his maiden first-class half century against Kent,with a score of 51. [3] The following season,while studying at Clare College,Cambridge,he played first-class cricket for Cambridge University,making his debut for the university against Lancashire at Fenner's. He made eleven further first-class appearances for the university in that season,the last of which came against Oxford University in The University Match at Lord's. [2] He scored 540 runs in his twelve matches for the university,at an average of 25.71,with a high score of 77, [4] which came against Surrey. [5] He also played golf and field hockey for the university,gaining a Blue in each. Mathews also made two further first-class appearances in 1951,for Sussex in the County Championship against Northamptonshire and Hampshire. [2]
In addition to his university studies at Cambridge,Mathews also studied at Yale University in the United States. Returning to England,he made further first-class appearances,in 1954 for the Free Foresters against Cambridge University,scoring 74 in the Free Foresters second-innings, [6] as well as for the Marylebone Cricket Club against Cambridge University in 1955 and for the Free Foresters against the same opposition in 1956. [2]
His father,John,also played first-class cricket.
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