Crawford Matthews

Crawford Matthews (born 23 November 1991) is a former Scottish rugby league footballer who has previously played for the Gateshead Thunder in League 1.

Dr. Crawford Matthews
Personal information
Born (1991-11-23) 23 November 1991
Norwich, England[1]
Playing information
PositionFullback
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
Gateshead Thunder
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2011 Scotland 2 0 0 0 0
As of 8 January 2021
Source: RLP

Background

Born in Norwich, Matthews attended Heaton Manor School,[2] and started his rugby league career at the age of 14 with amateur club Gateshead Panthers.[3] He later moved to Gateshead Thunder.

Personal

Crawford completed a masters programme at Oxford's St Antony's College, graduating M.St.(Oxon). He is a full Oxford blue,[4] having been a member of the 42–0 winning team in the 2015 rugby league varsity match.[5]

In 2013 he graduated with a 1st class B.A.(Hons) degree in Politics & History.

Since 2017 he has been based in Berlin, where he completed his PhD. There he has been a member of Touch Berlin and following residential qualification, Touch Rugby for the German National team Touch Deutschland, which he captained last year in the European championship EFT and was due to repeat this summer at the Euros in Nottingham.

Crawford was awarded his Doctorate in History by the University of Hull on 29 July 2020.

Club career

Hull FC

In September 2010, Matthews joined Super League side Hull F.C.[1] Where he combined his rugby with under-graduate studies at the University of Hull. Although he played regularly for the under-20 side, he never made an appearance for the first team.

International career

Matthews has represented Scotland at under-16, under-18, 'A' team level, Students, 9s and made two appearances for the senior professional team against Ireland and France in 2011.[6][7][8] He was also a member of the ashes winning Great Britain & Ireland Academic Lions squad in Australia 2011 - scoring a crucial try in the final test.[9][10]

References
  1. "Academic Lions tour Down Under for FC's Matthews". Hull Daily Mail. Local World. 23 June 2011. Archived from the original on 12 March 2014. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
  2. "Rugby: Crawford Matthews aims to be roaring success". Chronicle Live. Trinity Mirror. 4 May 2011. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
  3. Newsum, Matt (23 June 2011). "Australia tour lifts Hull FC centre Crawford Matthews". BBC Sport. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
  4. http://www.loverugbyleague.com/news_17265-oxford-cambridge-name-sides-for-varsity-clash.html
  5. "Matthews wins Oxford Blue on Friday Night". www.scotlandrl.com. Archived from the original on 8 May 2016. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
  6. http://www.rlef.eu.com/other/report?RLE00000251
  7. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 3 November 2011. Retrieved 7 July 2013.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  8. "Crawford on Course for Super League". thunder.champmodel.dyndns.info. Archived from the original on 5 August 2016. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
  9. "Former Thunder Star to represent GB Academic Lions". thunder.champmodel.dyndns.info. Archived from the original on 5 August 2016. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
  10. "PressReader.com - Connecting People Through News". www.pressreader.com. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
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