Ben Mathews

Ben Mathews
Personal information
Full name	Ben Mathews
Date of birth	29 November 1978
Original team(s)	Corowa-Rutherglen
Height / weight	181cm / 86kg
Playing career^1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1997 – 2008	Sydney	198 (45)
^1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2008.
Career highlights
Premiership player 2005

Ben Mathews (born 29 November 1978) is a former Australian Football League player with the Sydney Swans, originally recruited from the Corowa-Rutherglen region of New South Wales. In 2005 he was part of the premiership-winning side that defeated the West Coast Eagles. He announced his retirement on 2 September 2008. He has served as the midfield coach of the Melbourne Football Club since September 2013.^[1]

Statistics

^[2]

Legend
G	Goals	B	Behinds	K	Kicks	H	Handballs	D	Disposals	M	Marks	T	Tackles

Season	Team	#	Games	G	B	K	H	D	M	T	G	B	K	H	D	M	T
			Totals								Averages (per game)
1997	Sydney	36	4	1	0	18	13	31	3	5	0.3	0.0	4.5	3.3	7.8	0.8	1.3
1998	Sydney	36	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1999	Sydney	36	17	4	0	122	82	204	47	16	0.2	0.0	7.2	4.8	12.0	2.8	0.9
2000	Sydney	36	22	2	4	270	164	434	102	30	0.1	0.2	12.3	7.5	19.7	4.6	1.4
2001	Sydney	4	23	4	2	264	146	410	113	46	0.2	0.1	11.5	6.3	17.8	4.9	2.0
2002	Sydney	4	21	4	1	211	150	361	66	65	0.2	0.0	10.0	7.1	17.2	3.1	3.1
2003	Sydney	4	23	4	0	237	152	389	94	59	0.2	0.0	10.3	6.6	16.9	4.1	2.6
2004	Sydney	4	24	6	8	239	204	443	109	94	0.3	0.3	10.0	8.5	18.5	4.5	3.9
2005	Sydney	4	25	6	4	200	161	361	77	75	0.2	0.2	8.0	6.4	14.4	3.1	3.0
2006	Sydney	4	14	5	2	83	77	160	44	37	0.4	0.1	5.9	5.5	11.4	3.1	2.6
2007	Sydney	4	23	8	2	168	137	305	89	67	0.3	0.1	7.3	6.0	13.3	3.9	2.9
2008	Sydney	4	2	1	1	12	11	23	9	4	0.5	0.5	6.0	5.5	11.5	4.5	2.0
Career			198	45	24	1824	1297	3121	753	498	0.2	0.1	9.2	6.6	15.8	3.8	2.5

References

1. Whitling, Michael (23 September 2013). "Mathews latest to join Roos at Melbourne". AFL.com.au. Bigpond. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
2. Ben Mathews' player profile at AFL Tables

External links

• Ben Mathews's statistics from AFL Tables