Famous People with Name Matthews

Brenda Patricia Matthews            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Brenda Patricia Matthews: is a former female track and field sprinter and hurdler form New Zealand. She represented her native country at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany.

James George Facey Matthews            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

James George Facey Matthews: was an Australian rules footballer who played for North Adelaide in the South Australian National Football League. He also played 7 Sheffield Shield matches for South Australia. Matthews was a member of North Adelaide's first three premiership sides, in 1900, 1902 and 1905. He started his career as a forward and topped the club's goalkicking in his debut season before moving into the centre later in his career. Matthews finished his career as a fullback and twice represented South Australia at interstate football. In 1906 he captained North Adelaide, finishing second.

Gregory Richard John "Mo" Matthews            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Gregory Richard John "Mo" Matthews: is a former New South Wales and Australian cricketer who is now a television cricket commentator. When Australian cricket was in the doldrums in the late 1980s "his dashing batsmanship and growing ability as a spin bowler suddenly elevated Matthews to a position of a national hero". He made centuries in times of crisis against New Zealand and India in 1985-86, took ten wickets in the Tied Test at Madras and batted well against England in 1986-87. Test debut (cap 322) 26 December 1983 v Pakistan, Last Test 6 January 1993 v West Indies. Matthews would remain out of favour with the Australian Test selectors for four years. Despite his 10 wicket hall in the Tied Test his bowling was not of Test standard and his batting average 36.82 was not enough to keep him in the team by itself when David Boon, Allan Border, Dean Jones and Steve Waugh were occupying the middle order. ODI debut (cap 78) 8 January 1984 v West Indies, Last ODI 18 January 1993 v West Indies. Greg Matthews was seen as a very saleable commodity in 1985-86. With the Australian cricket coach Bobby Simpson as his manager he soon became a wealthy man, endorsing a whole range or products, until he and Simpson fell out. He later set up cricket coaching clinics with Steve Waugh and Brad McNamara in 1991-92.

Claude Hilton Matthews            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Claude Hilton Matthews: was an Australian politician and a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1934 until his death in 1954 . He was variously a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and the Australian Labor Party (NSW). He held a number of ministerial p

John Cyril James Matthews            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

John Cyril James Matthews: is a former Australian politician. He was a Liberal member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1981 to 1991.In 1981, Matthews was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Council as a Liberal member. In 1984 he became Opposition Finance Spok