Thomas Gadd Matthews (9 December 1845 – 5 January 1932) was an English

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er who played

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from 1870 to 1878 for

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, making 29 appearances. A right-handed

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, he scored 769 runs with a highest score of 201. He made one century, 2 half-centuries and held 13 catches.

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1845 births 1932 deaths English cricketers English cricketers of 1864 to 1889 Gloucestershire cricketers Cricketers from Bristol {{England-cricket-bio-1840s-stub