Famous People with Name Matthews

Thomas James Matthews            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Thomas James Matthews: 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.

Wendy Matthews            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Wendy Matthews: an Australian-based adult alternative pop singer who has won seven ARIA awards and achieved a number of hit records in the 1990s.Born in 1960 in Montreal. At the age of 15, she joined friends in the Little Benny Blues Band named after Little Benny Park where they used to hang out. Matthews left school at the age of 16 and went busking across North America with a couple of friends. She found herself in Los Angeles where she worked as a session musician.

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.