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| Full name | Robin Birkby Matthews | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 30 January 1944 Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1971–1973 | Leicestershire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1964–1969 | Oxfordshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:Cricinfo,9 August 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Robin Birkby Matthews (born 30 January 1944) is a former English cricketer. Matthews was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born in Stockton-on-Tees,County Durham.
Matthews made his debut for Oxfordshire against Berkshire in the 1964 Minor Counties Championship. He played Minor counties cricket for Oxfordshire from 1964 to 1969,making 18 Minor Counties Championship appearances. [1] He made his List A debut against Cambridgeshire in the 1967 Gillette Cup. In this match,he wasn't required to bat,while with the ball he took the wickets of Peter Shippey and Rex Gautrey for the cost of 29 runs from 8.1 overs. [2] He made a further List A appearance for Oxfordshire,against Worcestershire in the 1970 Gillette Cup. [3] In this match,he was dismissed for a duck by Vanburn Holder,while with the ball he took the wickets of Ron Headley and Alan Ormrod,taking figures of 2/15 from 12 overs. [4]
Matthews later joined Leicestershire,making his first-class debut against the touring Indians at Grace Road. He made 24 further first-class appearances for Leicestershire,the last of which came against Kent in 1973 County Championship. [5] In his 25 first-class matches,he took 48 wickets at an average of 27.87,with best figures of 7/51. [6] These figures,his only five wicket haul,came against Sussex in the 1972 County Championship. [7] With the bat,he scored 89 runs at a batting average of 8.90,with a high score of 16 not out. [8] He made his List A debut for the county against Middlesex in the 1971 John Player League. He made 6 further List A appearances for Leicestershire,the last of which came against Surrey in the 1973 John Player League. [3] In his 7 List A matches for the team,he took 7 wickets at an average of 37.28,with best figures of 3/40. [9]
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