Matthew Leonard Creese (born 13 February 1982) was an English

cricket Cricket is a Bat-and-ball games, bat-and-ball game played between two Sports team, teams of eleven players on a cricket field, field, at the centre of which is a cricket pitch, pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two Bail (cr ...

er. Born in

Enfield, Middlesex Enfield is a large town in north London, England, north of Charing Cross. It had a population of 333,587 in 2021. It includes the areas of Botany Bay, Brimsdown, Bulls Cross, Bullsmoor, Bush Hill Park, Clay Hill, Crews Hill, Enfield Highw ...

, he played for

Middlesex County Cricket Club Middlesex County Cricket Club is one of eighteen first-class county clubs within the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales. It represents the historic county of Middlesex which has effectively been subsumed within the ceremonial ...

. Creese represented the Second XI at Middlesex between 1997 and 2002, and was the youngest player in the club's history to debut for the second team at the time. Despite being a promising left arm spinner and effective lower order batsman he only played in one first-class match for Middlesex against Cambridge UCCE in 1999 and one first-class match representing Durham UCCE against Lancashire County Cricket Club in 2002. Creese also played for the MCC Young Cricketers for a number of years. Creese played club cricket for Southgate Cricket Club competing in the Middlesex League until 2012. On Saturday 30 July 2011 against Harrow Town CC Creese took 9 wickets for 65 runs and then scored 111 not out to win the game, registering the best combined bowling and batting figures in league history.

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