Jimmy Matthews

Infobox Historic Cricketer


nationality = Australian
country = Australia
country abbrev = AUS
name = Jimmy Matthews
picture = Jimmy Matthews.jpg
batting style = Right-hand bat
bowling style = Legbreak
tests = 8
test runs = 153
test bat avg = 17.00
test 100s/50s = 0/1
test top score = 53
test balls = 1081
test wickets = 16
test bowl avg = 26.18
test 5s = 0
test 10s = 0
test best bowling = 4/29
test catches/stumpings = 7/0
FCs = 67
FC runs = 2149
FC bat avg = 24.98
FC 100s/50s = 0/14
FC top score = 93
FC balls = 7582
FC wickets = 177
FC bowl avg = 25.46
FC 5s = 8
FC 10s = 1
FC best bowling = 7/46
FC catches/stumpings = 56/0
debut date = 12 January
debut year = 1912
last date = 19 August
last year = 1912
source = http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/6527.html

Thomas James Matthews (3 April 1884, Mount Gambier, South Australia - 14 October 1943, Melbourne, Victoria) was an Australian Test cricketer. He bowled leg breaks. Prior to becoming a cricketer he played Australian rules football with St Kilda in the VFL.

He played in eight Test matches for the Australian cricket team, two in Australia in the 1911/12 season, and six in the 1912 Triangular Tournament in England. He played first-class cricket for Victoria in the seasons from 1906/07 to 1914/15, playing in 67 first-class matches in all, although 28 were played for Australia on the 1912 tour of England.

He is famed for being the only player to have ever taken two hat-tricks in the same Test match. In the opening Test of the 1912 Triangular Tournament, playing against South Africa at Old Trafford, he took a hat-trick in each innings. He took the last three wickets in South Africa's first innings, to prevent them avoiding the follow on; later the same day, 28 May 1912, he took a second hat-trick in the second innings. None of the dismissals required the assistance of any fielders: the first batsman was bowled, then two were leg before wicket, then another bowled, and finally two more caught and bowled. South African wicket-keeper Tommy Ward was his third victim in both hat-tricks, being the only known instance of a king pair on debut in Test cricket.

Matthews took no other wickets in the match, giving him match figures of 6 wickets for 54 runs, but he did take a further 9 wickets in the series, including 4/29 in the fifth match of the series, again against South Africa.

ee also

*Test cricket hat-tricks

External links

*cricinfo|ref=australia/content/player/6527.html
* [http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/8/8675.html Scorecards] from Cricket Archive
* [http://stats.rleague.com/afl/stats/players/J/Jimmy_Matthews.html AFL Statistics: Jimmy Matthews]