William Mathews (Cricketer) (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. William Mathews (born 23 March 1793 at Crondall, Hampshire; died 20 August 1858 at Woodbridge, Suffolk) was an English professional cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1821 to 1830. He was mainly associated with Surrey and made 31 known appearances in first-class matches. Mathews took part in the Gentlemen v Players matches between 1824 and 1830, usually representing the Players, but in 1825 he was a given man for the Gentlemen. He played for All-England in the 1827 roundarm trial matches and was one of the signatories to the petition after the second game that called upon the authorities to ban roundarm