Country: | England |
Fullname: | Leslie Henry Staverton Mathews |
Birth Date: | 1 March 1875 |
Birth Place: | Kensington, London, England |
Death Place: | Fulham, Middlesex, England |
Batting: | Unknown |
Role: | Wicket-keeper |
Club1: | Oxford University |
Year1: | 1897 |
Columns: | 1 |
Column1: | First-class |
Matches1: | 2 |
Runs1: | 9 |
Bat Avg1: | 9.00 |
100S/50S1: | –/– |
Top Score1: | 9 |
Hidedeliveries: | true |
Catches/Stumpings1: | 1/– |
Date: | 9 June |
Year: | 2020 |
Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/17424.html Cricinfo |
Leslie Henry Staverton Mathews (1 March 1875 – 7 April 1946) was an English first-class cricketer and educator.
Mathews was born at Kensington in March 1875. He was educated at St Paul's School, before going up to Balliol College, Oxford.[1] While studying at Oxford, he made two appearances in first-class cricket for Oxford University in 1897 against the Gentlemen of Philadelphia at Oxford and the Marylebone Cricket Club at Lord's.[2] Mathews also boxed as a heavyweight for Oxford against Cambridge in 1897.[3]
After graduating from Oxford, he became an assistant master at St Paul's in 1899.[1] Mathews died at Fulham in April 1946.[3]