| Country: | England |
| Fullname: | Kenneth Patrick Arthur Mathews |
| Birth Date: | 10 May 1926 |
| Birth Place: | West Worthing, Sussex, England |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Bowling: | Right-arm medium |
| Family: | John Mathews (father) |
| Club1: | Marylebone Cricket Club |
| Year1: | 1955 |
| Club2: | Cambridge University |
| Year2: | 1951 |
| Club3: | Sussex |
| Year3: | 1950 - 1951 |
| Columns: | 1 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 21 |
| Runs1: | 796 |
| Bat Avg1: | 27.44 |
| 100S/50S1: | - /4 |
| Top Score1: | 77 |
| Deliveries1: | 30 |
| Wickets1: | - |
| Bowl Avg1: | - |
| Fivefor1: | - |
| Tenfor1: | - |
| Best Bowling1: | - |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 7/ - |
| Date: | 22 July |
| Year: | 2012 |
| Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/17423.html Cricinfo |
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.