Matthew Hughes (cricketer)


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

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. In his next first-class match, the 2016 university match, he made 116 and 76 batting at number three, and Oxford won. 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.
Since 2018 he has taught Chemistry at Merchant Taylors' School, Northwood.