Matthew Turner (cricketer)

{{short description|English cricketer (born 1973)}}

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Matthew John Turner (born 9 February 1973) was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman who played for Shropshire. He was born in Bridgnorth and educated at Bridgnorth Endowed School.{{cite book|last=Percival|first=Tony|title=Shropshire Cricketers 1844-1998|year=1999|publisher=A.C.S. Publications|pages=39, 58|isbn=1-902171-17-9}}Published by Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians.

Turner, who represented Shropshire in the Minor Counties Championship between 1993 and 1999, made a single List A appearance for the side, during the 1999 NatWest Trophy, against Hampshire Cricket Board. From the middle order, he scored a duck. He has been club captain of Shropshire in 1998, played also in the Worcestershire Second XI, and for Bridgnorth Cricket Club.