Chris Matthews (rugby union)

{{Short description|Welsh rugby union player}}

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| full_name = Christopher Mansel Matthews

| birth_date = {{birth date|1911|08|16|df=y}}

| birth_place = Newton Nottage, Wales

| death_date = {{death date and age|1965|12|05|1911|08|16|df=y}}

| death_place = Cardiff, Wales

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| position = Wing

| repyears1 = 1939

| repteam1 = {{nrut|Wales}}

| repcaps1 = 1

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Christopher Mansel Matthews (16 August 1911 — 5 December 1965) was a Welsh international rugby union player.

Born in Newton Nottage, Matthews was the son of former Bridgend captain Tommie Matthews and attended Queen's College in Taunton, Somerset, where he learned his rugby.{{cite news |title=Porthcawl Footballer to Lead Bridgend |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003446/19360731/105/0008 |work=Glamorgan Advertiser |date=31 July 1936}}

Matthews was a prolific try-scoring wing three-quarter for Bridgend and was capped once for Wales, featuring on the right wing in their win over Ireland at Belfast in the 1939 Home Nations.{{cite news |title=Offer to Rugby Player |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002846/19360703/134/0008 |work=Glamorgan Gazette |date=3 July 1936}}{{cite news |title=Cap for Chris Matthews |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000528/19390304/480/0016 |work=Somerset County Herald |date=4 March 1939}}