Matthew Dundas

Matthew Dundas
Personal information
Full name	Matthew Dundas
Date of birth	7 December 1971
Original team(s)	Assumption College
Draft	59th, 1988 National Draft
Height/Weight	178 cm / 73 kg
Playing career^1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1990–1993 1994–1995 Total	Fitzroy Richmond	73 (61) 14 0(5) 87 (66)
^1 Playing statistics correct to end of 1995 season.

Matthew Dundas (born 7 December 1971) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy and Richmond in the Australian Football League (AFL).^[1]

Dundas, a rover, played 15 games in 1990, his first season.^[2] He was a regular fixture in the team in both 1991 and 1992, averaging 17 disposals a game in each of those years.^[2] Dundas polled nine Brownlow Medal votes in the 1992 AFL season.^[2] Only Paul Roos received more votes in the count from Fitzroy.^[3] His tally included two best on ground performances, a career high 30 disposal game against Essendon Football Club in the second game of the season and a 28 disposals, 3 goal effort, also against Essendon, later in the year.^[2] In the 1993 season he kicked a five goal haul against Collingwood at Princes Park.^[2] It was the second time that he had kicked five goals, having also managed the feat in his debut season against the Sydney Swans.^[4] He finished his career at Richmond, where he was traded, along with Paul Broderick and Michael Gale, in exchange for pick six (Trent Cummings) of the 1993 AFL Draft.^[5]

References

1. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2002). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (4th ed.). Melbourne, Victoria: Crown Content. p. 173. ISBN 1-74095-001-1.
2. AFL Tables: Matthew Dundas
3. "1992 Brownlow Medal details".
4. Australian Football: Matthew Dundas
5. Lovett, Michael, ed. (2010). AFL Record Season Guide 2010. AFL Publishing. p. 399. ISBN 978-0-9806274-5-9.

External links

• Matthew Dundas's statistics from AFL Tables