Roger Matthews (runner)

Matthews was a member of the Bournemouth Athletics Club^[2] and specialised in long distances, primarily the 5,000 and 10,000 metres.^[1]

A carpenter by profession, he beat Dick Taylor in an England trial race,^[3] which earned selection for the England team^[4] at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland.^[5] He finished fourth, just missing the medal rostrum in the 10,000 metres event, in a race where Dick Taylor took the bronze.^[6]