Leslie Henry Staverton Mathews (1 March 1875 – 7 April 1946) was an English first-class

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er and educator. Mathews was born at

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in March 1875. He was educated at St Paul's School, before going up to

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. While studying at Oxford, he made two appearances in first-class cricket for Oxford University in 1897 against the

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at Oxford and the Marylebone Cricket Club at

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. Mathews also

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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

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in April 1946.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mathews, Leslie 1875 births 1946 deaths Cricketers from the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea People from Kensington People educated at St Paul's School, London Alumni of Balliol College, Oxford English cricketers Oxford University cricketers English male boxers Schoolteachers from London