# Henry Mathwin
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{{short description|English schoolmaster and cricketer}}
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'''Henry Mathwin''' (23 August 1852 – 31 December 1911) was an English [schoolmaster](/source/schoolmaster) and [cricketer](/source/cricketer) who played in one [first-class cricket](/source/first-class_cricket) match for [Cambridge University](/source/Cambridge_University_Cricket_Club) in 1874.[{{cite web | url = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/31/31314/31314.html| title = Henry Mathwin | publisher = www.cricketarchive.com | access-date = 7 September 2014}}] He was born at [Bolton le Moors](/source/Bolton_le_Moors), [Lancashire](/source/Lancashire) and died at [Birkdale](/source/Birkdale%2C_Southport), also then in Lancashire.
Mathwin was educated at Bickerton House School, a school in Birkdale set up by his father, who shared his full name, and at [Christ's College, Cambridge](/source/Christ's_College%2C_Cambridge).[{{cite web | url = https://archive.org/stream/p2alumnicantabri04univuoft#page/360/mode/2up | title = Alumni Cantabrigienses: Henry Mathwin | author = J. Venn and J. A. Venn | volume = Part 4| page = 361 | access-date = 9 September 2014}}] As a cricketer, he was a middle-order batsman in his single first-class match, though it is not known if he was right- or left-handed; he scored 17 and was 1 not out when the University team won the match.[{{cite web | url = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/1/1865.html | title = Scorecard: Cambridge University v Marylebone Cricket Club | date = 21 May 1874 | publisher = www.cricketarchive.com | access-date = 9 September 2014}}]
Mathwin became a schoolmaster when he left [Cambridge University](/source/Cambridge_University); he eventually succeeded his father as headmaster of Bickerton House School in Birkdale, though had given up the position before he died aged 59.