| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Dennis Neal Matthews | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1943-07-16) 16 July 1943 (age 81) Paeroa, Waikato, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Left-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm leg-spin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Bowler | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Domestic team information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1963/64 | Northern Districts | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Career statistics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Source: Cricinfo, 20 May 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dennis Neal Matthews (born 16 July 1943) is a former New Zealand cricketer.
Matthews was born in Paeroa in the Waikato, and played five first-class matches for Northern Districts in the Plunket Shield in the 1963–64 season. He also played for Thames Valley in the Hawke Cup. A leg-spin bowler, he was given a trial in advance of New Zealand's tour of India, Pakistan and England in 1965 but was not selected, and played no more major cricket after the 1964–65 season.
References
- Don Neely & Richard Payne, Men in White: The History of New Zealand International Cricket, 1894–1985, Moa, Auckland, 1986, p. 338.
- "Dennis Matthews". CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
- John Reid, A Million Miles of Cricket, A. H. & A. W. Reed, Wellington, 1966, pp. 100–9.
External links
  | This biographical article related to a New Zealand cricket person born in the 1940s is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it. |