Matthew Hughes (cricketer)

Matthew Stephen Turner Hughes (born 17 April 1996) is an English cricketer. Playing for Oxford University, he scored a century in each of his first two first-class matches.

Matthew Hughes
Personal information
Full nameMatthew Stephen Turner Hughes
Born (1996-04-17) 17 April 1996
Manchester, England
BattingRight-handed
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2015–Oxford University
First-class debut30 June 2015 Oxford University v Cambridge University
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 3
Runs scored 391
Batting average 65.16
100s/50s 2/1
Top score 116
Balls bowled 174
Wickets 2
Bowling average 43.50
5 wickets in innings 0
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 1/16
Catches/stumpings 2/–
Source: Cricinfo, 8 July 2017

Cricket career

Matthew Hughes attended Stockport Grammar School before going up to Hertford College, Oxford. On his first-class debut, in the annual match against Cambridge University in 2015, he opened the batting for Oxford University and top-scored in each innings, making 41 and 116 in a losing cause.[1] In his next first-class match, the 2016 university match, he made 116 (the top score) and 76 batting at number three, and Oxford won.[2] He also scored 132 not out in the 2018 50-over university match at Lord's to take Oxford to a five-wicket victory with 10 overs to spare.[3]

Since 2018 he has taught Chemistry at Merchant Taylors' School, Northwood.[4]

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References
  1. "Cambridge University v Oxford University 2015". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 July 2016.
  2. "Oxford University v Cambridge University 2016". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 July 2016.
  3. "Cambridge University v Oxford University 2018". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
  4. The Taylorian, 2018-2019, volume 90, number 2, p. 10.
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