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Key Facts

Full name
Matthew Dundas

Known as
Matthew Dundas

Born
7 December 1971 (age 52)

Age at first & last AFL game
First game: 18y 130d
Last game: 23y 256d

Height and weight
Height: 178 cm
Weight: 73 kg

Senior clubs
Fitzroy; Richmond

Jumper numbers
Fitzroy: 36, 2
Richmond: 2

Recruited from
Fitzroy (1994)

Matthew Dundas

ClubLeagueCareer spanGamesGoalsAvgWin %AKIAHBAMKBV
FitzroyAFL1990-199373610.8436%10.426.002.2617
RichmondAFL1994-19951450.3629%7.573.071.790
AFL1990-199587660.7634%9.975.532.1817
Total1990-199587660.7634%9.975.532.1817

AFL: 10,107th player to appear, 2,805th most games played, 1,629th most goals kickedFitzroy: 1,078th player to appear, 169th most games played, 77th most goals kickedRichmond: 969th player to appear, 619th most games played, 545th most goals kicked

Matthew Dundas played 73 AFL games and booted 61 goals for Fitzroy between 1990 and 1993. Courageous and energetic, he was mostly used as a rover. He polled nine votes in the 1992 Brownlow count, a total only bettered among Lions players by Paul Roos. He finished his League career at Richmond where he played 12 games and kicked seven goals in 1994-5. He finished fourth in the Gardiner Medal for best and fairest in the reserves competition in 1994.

Author - John Devaney

Sources

Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers by Russell Holesby & Jim Main; Wikipedia article; https://www.tigerlandarchive.org/tiki-index.php?page=Matthew+Dundas

Footnotes

* Behinds calculated from the 1965 season on.
+ Score at the end of extra time.