About Leslie Mathews
Lived 1875 – 1946 (aged 71). Leslie Mathews was a boxer, cricketer and teacher.
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. 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. Mathews also boxed as a heavyweight for Oxford against Cambridge in 1897.
After graduating from Oxford, he became an assistant master at St Paul's in 1899. Mathews died at Fulham in April 1946.
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Who was Leslie Mathews?
English cricketer and educator (1875-1946)
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Leslie Mathews was born on 1 March 1875 in Kensington.
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Leslie Mathews died on 7 April 1946 in Fulham.
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Leslie Mathews was a boxer, cricketer and teacher.
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