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Alexander Malcolm "Mal" Matheson

Born 27 Feb 1906 in Omaha, Auckland, New Zealand

Ancestors

Son of Norman McLeod Matheson and Mary (Bond) Matheson

Brother of Norman McLeod Matheson, Mona (Matheson) Dalton, Angus Neil Matheson, Margaret Norma (Matheson) Johansen and Rona Catherine (Matheson) Bibby

Husband of Irene Florence Annie (Lord) Matheson — married 1929 in New Zealand

[children unknown]

Died 31 Dec 1985 at age 79 in Auckland, New Zealand

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Biography

Alexander Malcolm was born in 1906. He was the son of Mary and Norman McLeod Matheson ^[1] He married Irene Florence Annie Lord in 1929 ^[2] He passed away in 1985 ^[3]

Mal Matheson played for New Zealand in the fourth Test at Auckland in 1929-30 and was a member of their side to England in 1931, playing his only other Test at Manchester, where play did not start until the last afternoon. That New Zealand side were fairly strong in batting, but their bowling was hopelessly weak and Matheson, though his 44 wickets cost 23.81 runs each, came third in the averages and narrowly missed being second. His best performance was in his first match, when he took four good Hampshire wickets for 49 and bowled the almost unbowlable Mead; but in a miserably wet and cold summer, and handicapped at times by a strained leg muscle, he did not live up to this promise. By the time the New Zealanders reached Canterbury in August he was reduced to the indignity, for a fast-medium bowler, of having seven men on the boundary for Woolley, who promptly cut him for 4 between slip and wicket keeper. Playing for Auckland from 1926-27 to 1939-40 and for Wellington from 1944-45 to 1946-47, he took altogether in first-class cricket 194 wickets at 28.52 and scored 1,844 runs with an average of 23.64. His highest score, and his only century, was 112 for Auckland against Canterbury in 1937-38. On the tour of England, when his usual place was last, he made 72 against Scotland at Glasgow. He had also been a first-class rugger player and in 1946 refereed the international between New Zealand and Australia at Auckland. ^[4]