Matthew Stuart Compton is a former Welsh

Welsh people

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 cricketer

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. Compton is a left-handed batsman who bowled left-arm medium pace

Seam bowling

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Compton made his List-A debut for the Hampshire Cricket Board

Hampshire Cricket Board

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 in the 1999 NatWest Trophy against Suffolk

Suffolk County Cricket Club

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, where on debut he scored 105*

Not out

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. During the 1999 tournament he played a further two matches against Shropshire

Shropshire County Cricket Club

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, where he scored 59 runs, and Glamorgan

Glamorgan County Cricket Club

Glamorgan County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the historic county of Glamorgan aka Glamorganshire . Glamorgan CCC is the only Welsh first-class cricket club. Glamorgan CCC have won the English County...

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Compton made his last List-A appearance for the Hampshire Cricket Board in the 2000 NatWest Trophy against Huntingdonshire

Huntingdonshire County Cricket Club

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. He ended his one-day career with a batting average of 68.33.

Compton also represented the Hampshire Second XI

Hampshire County Cricket Club

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 in six matches between in 1999.

External links

• Matthew Compton at Cricinfo
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• Matthew Compton at CricketArchive
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