Geelong Cats

Matthew Scarlett

Key Defender#30AFL

Bio

Born in Geelong in 1979, Matthew Scarlett made his senior debut with Geelong Football Club in 1998. He plays as a key defender. His honours include Australian Football Hall of Fame and Carji Greeves Medal. Lineball holds stats from 284 of his games across 1998–2012.

Key facts

Age: 47
Height: 192 cm
Weight: 94 kg
Number: #30
Born: 5 June 1979
Birthplace: Geelong
Debut: 1998
Position: Key Defender
Recruited from: St Josephs (VCFL), Geelong U18

Official profile

AFL player profile ↗Wikipedia ↗Wikidata ↗

Career

Geelong Football Club

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Includes finals, playoffs and exhibition games, so totals run higher than regular-season figures.

Season
2012 AFLGeelong Cats	16	245	170	75	89	0	0	40	2	15	73	165	1	3	3,814	0	11	39	73	34	7	20	53	44	84	1	1,035	143.9	–	4	0	2	202	53	18	138	62	0	238	142	0
2011 AFLGeelong Cats	22	365	211	154	115	1	1	44	4	24	118	246	–	5	–	2	20	69	83	34	14	10	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	9	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2010 AFLGeelong Cats	18	317	166	151	97	–	–	30	1	10	76	231	–	2	–	–	8	70	75	30	8	13	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	10	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2009 AFLGeelong Cats	22	407	233	174	125	–	1	32	4	17	76	325	–	5	–	1	13	64	94	41	10	28	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	16	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2008 AFLGeelong Cats	22	368	200	168	75	–	1	32	8	27	65	302	–	6	–	–	7	56	60	38	10	12	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	11	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2007 AFLGeelong Cats	24	415	278	137	111	1	5	40	7	33	90	314	1	4	–	2	12	105	90	48	19	20	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	25	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2006 AFLGeelong Cats	20	324	237	87	109	4	2	22	4	19	82	226	–	3	–	2	18	103	68	41	6	15	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	14	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2005 AFLGeelong Cats	24	362	251	111	146	1	2	40	4	18	98	248	1	2	–	3	32	103	99	39	12	12	–	–	–	–	–	–	6	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2004 AFLGeelong Cats	25	334	238	96	132	3	3	42	5	25	118	207	2	3	–	1	30	101	112	44	17	29	–	–	–	–	–	–	5	17	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2003 AFLGeelong Cats	22	311	206	105	134	–	2	29	6	14	112	197	3	1	–	3	23	96	102	34	18	17	–	–	–	–	–	–	5	16	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2002 AFLGeelong Cats	22	277	171	106	85	2	3	27	9	16	93	171	–	–	–	3	11	80	92	36	12	11	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	9	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2001 AFLGeelong Cats	20	276	189	87	112	2	2	33	6	22	104	168	5	–	–	3	20	85	27	25	16	11	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	7	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2000 AFLGeelong Cats	21	185	142	43	73	2	–	22	6	20	53	129	2	–	–	1	9	44	22	18	6	19	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	10	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
1999 AFLGeelong Cats	5	17	15	2	9	1	1	3	–	2	7	11	–	–	–	2	2	3	3	2	3	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
1998 AFLGeelong Cats	1	6	5	1	2	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Career15 seasons	284	4,209	2,712	1,497	1,414	17	23	437	66	262	1,165	2,940	15	34	3,814	23	216	1,020	1,000	464	158	218	53	44	84	1	1,035	143.9	31	150	0	2	202	53	18	138	62	0	238	142	0

Honours

Australian Football Hall of Fame2018
Carji Greeves Medal2003

Stats from official league and public sports feeds. Updated hourly. Career and honours from Wikidata (CC0).

Game log, 2012 AFL

Game
Finals Week 1 v FremantleL 80-96 8 Sept	10	6	4	1	2	0	1	4	6	0	0	83	0	3	3	3	0	0	0	6	3	0	37	-0.1	–	0	0	3	4	0	7	2	10	0
Rd 23 v Sydney SwansW 112-78 1 Sept	21	13	8	7	0	0	2	9	13	0	0	367	2	4	4	3	0	1	2	5	10	0	73	17.2	–	0	0	18	7	2	7	4	22	13
Rd 21 v St KildaW 123-81 17 Aug	10	6	4	3	1	0	0	1	9	0	0	178	0	1	3	3	0	2	4	2	3	0	33	5.4	–	0	0	9	1	2	8	3	10	5
Rd 20 @ West Coast EaglesL 97-102 10 Aug	10	8	2	4	2	0	0	3	7	0	0	123	0	2	6	1	1	0	1	2	2	0	49	6.1	–	0	0	9	2	0	13	4	10	8
Rd 19 @ HawthornW 118-116 3 Aug	14	11	3	1	3	1	2	6	8	1	1	270	0	2	1	1	1	0	3	3	5	1	56	16.5	–	0	1	10	5	0	9	1	14	7
Rd 17 v EssendonW 134-67 20 July	14	12	2	6	1	0	4	2	12	0	1	345	0	1	7	0	0	0	3	2	2	0	62	10.6	–	0	0	12	2	0	6	5	14	11
Rd 16 v CollingwoodL 79-110 14 July	16	10	6	2	4	1	2	9	7	0	0	255	0	1	2	2	1	1	3	2	8	0	62	11.4	–	0	1	12	8	0	6	2	16	7
Rd 15 @ Gold Coast SUNSW 110-96 8 July	13	12	1	9	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	192	0	1	2	1	0	1	6	0	0	0	62	5.9	–	0	0	13	0	0	4	2	13	12
Rd 14 v Port AdelaideW 99-61 1 July	16	10	6	6	0	0	1	3	11	0	0	310	1	2	5	1	0	1	6	1	4	0	57	4.5	–	0	0	12	2	1	6	5	14	7
Rd 13 @ Sydney SwansL 74-80 22 June	17	13	4	9	1	0	0	4	13	0	0	148	1	3	9	3	0	2	2	3	5	0	72	5.2	–	0	0	13	2	2	8	7	17	10
Rd 11 @ CarltonW 97-85 8 June	20	11	9	8	5	0	0	9	11	0	0	160	2	3	8	2	1	1	6	4	9	0	93	13.7	–	0	0	18	6	2	11	7	20	11
Rd 10 v GWS GIANTSW 126-61 2 June	19	11	8	7	2	0	0	8	10	0	0	266	1	1	3	1	2	1	3	0	9	0	77	16.5	–	0	0	17	5	1	6	3	18	10
Rd 9 @ Western BulldogsW 95-75 25 May	17	12	5	8	4	0	0	6	11	0	0	207	2	4	3	3	1	3	3	1	6	0	78	12.7	–	2	0	16	3	2	13	3	17	12
Rd 6 v MelbourneW 119-76 5 May	21	15	6	8	3	0	0	4	15	0	1	318	2	5	6	1	0	1	5	0	8	0	90	17	–	1	0	21	2	3	9	6	19	15
Rd 5 @ Brisbane LionsW 79-41 28 Apr	17	12	5	6	7	0	1	2	10	0	0	324	0	5	4	2	0	1	1	7	5	0	89	0.1	–	1	0	13	2	2	14	3	12	10
Rd 1 @ FremantleL 101-105 31 Mar	10	8	2	4	5	0	2	3	9	0	0	268	0	1	7	7	0	5	5	6	5	0	45	1.2	–	0	0	6	2	1	11	5	12	4

Splits, AFL

Split
HomeHome or away, 114W	151	15.7	10.2	5.5	5.0	0.1	0.1	1.6	0.2	1.0	4.4	10.9	0.1	0.1	14.1	0.1	0.8	3.8	3.6	1.5	0.6	0.7	0.2	0.1	0.3	0.0	3.3	0.5	0.2	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.7	0.2	0.1	0.4	0.2	0.0	0.8	0.5	0.0
AwayHome or away, 71W	133	13.9	8.8	5.1	4.9	0.0	0.1	1.5	0.2	0.8	3.8	9.8	0.0	0.1	12.7	0.1	0.7	3.3	3.4	1.8	0.5	0.9	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.0	4.1	0.5	0.1	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.7	0.2	0.1	0.6	0.2	0.0	0.9	0.6	0.0
WinsResult, 185W	185	15.6	10.0	5.6	5.1	0.0	0.1	1.5	0.3	1.0	4.0	11.2	0.0	0.2	15.9	0.1	0.8	3.6	3.6	1.6	0.5	0.8	0.2	0.1	0.3	0.0	4.2	0.6	0.2	0.6	0.0	0.0	0.9	0.2	0.1	0.5	0.2	0.0	0.9	0.6	0.0
LossesResult, 0W	97	13.4	8.7	4.7	4.8	0.1	0.1	1.6	0.2	0.9	4.2	8.9	0.1	0.1	9.0	0.1	0.8	3.6	3.3	1.7	0.6	0.6	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.0	2.7	0.2	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.2	0.0	0.5	0.2	0.0	0.7	0.3	0.0
DrawsResult, 0W	2	15.0	9.0	6.0	5.0	1.0	–	1.5	–	1.0	8.5	6.5	–	–	–	–	1.0	2.5	3.5	3.5	1.5	1.5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0.5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Regular seasonStage, 171W	262	14.8	9.6	5.2	5.0	0.1	0.1	1.5	0.2	0.9	4.1	10.4	0.1	0.1	14.2	0.1	0.7	3.6	3.4	1.6	0.6	0.8	0.2	0.1	0.3	0.0	3.8	0.5	0.1	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.8	0.2	0.1	0.5	0.2	0.0	0.9	0.5	0.0
FinalsStage, 14W	22	15.2	8.9	6.3	5.2	0.0	0.2	1.8	0.3	1.0	4.5	10.2	0.0	0.2	3.8	0.1	0.9	3.0	4.6	1.5	0.6	0.6	0.0	0.3	0.1	0.0	1.7	-0.0	–	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.2	0.0	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0
St KildaOpponent, 16W	24	14.5	9.8	4.7	5.7	0.1	0.1	1.6	0.3	0.9	4.0	9.8	0.1	0.2	7.4	0.1	0.9	3.7	3.6	1.7	0.7	0.6	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.0	1.4	0.2	0.1	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.0	0.1	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.4	0.2	0.0
MelbourneOpponent, 14W	21	14.4	9.9	4.6	4.3	0.1	0.2	1.5	0.2	0.9	3.9	10.4	0.2	0.1	15.1	0.0	0.7	3.4	3.4	1.8	0.5	1.0	0.2	0.0	0.4	0.0	4.3	0.8	0.3	0.8	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.1	0.1	0.4	0.3	0.0	0.9	0.7	0.0
Sydney SwansOpponent, 14W	21	13.8	8.9	5.0	4.9	0.0	0.1	1.5	0.1	0.8	4.2	9.2	0.1	0.0	24.5	0.1	0.9	3.4	3.5	1.3	0.5	0.7	0.2	0.4	0.7	0.0	6.9	1.1	0.1	0.5	0.0	0.0	1.5	0.4	0.2	0.7	0.5	0.0	1.9	1.1	0.0
CollingwoodOpponent, 12W	20	15.3	9.8	5.6	4.7	0.1	0.1	1.8	0.5	1.3	4.0	10.4	0.0	0.2	12.8	0.1	0.5	3.3	3.4	2.0	0.6	1.0	0.1	0.1	0.4	0.0	3.1	0.6	0.1	0.6	0.0	0.1	0.6	0.4	0.0	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.8	0.3	0.0
HawthornOpponent, 14W	20	13.9	8.7	5.3	4.3	0.1	0.1	1.6	0.5	0.8	4.5	9.3	0.1	0.1	13.5	0.1	0.6	3.6	3.6	1.5	0.8	0.6	0.1	0.1	0.3	0.1	2.8	0.8	0.1	0.8	0.0	0.1	0.5	0.3	0.0	0.5	0.1	0.0	0.7	0.3	0.0
North MelbourneOpponent, 11W	20	16.1	10.3	5.8	5.5	0.1	–	1.4	0.1	1.1	3.6	12.0	0.1	–	–	0.1	0.5	3.5	3.0	1.1	0.3	0.5	–	–	–	–	–	–	0.1	0.8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
FremantleOpponent, 13W	19	14.7	9.6	5.1	4.7	0.1	0.1	1.5	0.1	0.7	4.3	10.6	0.1	0.1	18.5	0.1	0.7	3.7	3.8	1.7	0.4	1.0	0.3	0.6	0.4	0.0	4.3	0.1	–	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.3	0.1	0.9	0.4	0.0	1.2	0.2	0.0
Western BulldogsOpponent, 11W	19	17.7	11.3	6.4	6.3	0.2	0.2	1.6	0.3	1.2	4.7	12.7	0.0	0.4	10.9	0.4	0.8	3.8	3.5	1.8	0.5	0.7	0.2	0.1	0.3	0.0	4.1	0.7	0.1	0.8	0.0	0.0	0.8	0.2	0.1	0.7	0.2	0.0	0.9	0.6	0.0
Brisbane LionsOpponent, 10W	18	14.6	9.3	5.2	5.1	0.0	0.0	2.1	0.1	0.5	3.8	10.1	0.0	0.0	18.0	0.0	0.8	4.4	4.3	1.7	0.6	0.7	0.1	0.4	0.3	0.0	4.9	0.0	–	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.7	0.1	0.1	0.8	0.2	0.0	0.7	0.6	0.0
EssendonOpponent, 11W	18	11.4	7.9	3.5	3.9	0.0	0.0	1.5	0.1	1.0	3.1	7.7	0.1	0.2	19.2	0.0	0.7	3.2	2.7	1.4	0.3	1.1	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.0	3.4	0.6	–	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.7	0.1	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.8	0.6	0.0
West Coast EaglesOpponent, 11W	18	14.9	9.1	5.8	5.2	0.1	0.1	1.7	0.3	0.9	4.6	9.9	0.0	0.0	6.8	0.1	0.7	3.2	3.6	1.3	0.9	0.6	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	2.7	0.3	0.1	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.1	0.0	0.7	0.2	0.0	0.6	0.4	0.0
Port AdelaideOpponent, 11W	17	16.4	9.9	6.4	5.4	0.0	0.1	1.1	0.2	0.8	4.2	11.8	0.0	0.1	18.2	0.1	1.1	3.9	3.4	1.8	0.5	0.8	0.4	0.1	0.2	0.0	3.4	0.3	0.2	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.7	0.1	0.1	0.4	0.3	0.0	0.8	0.4	0.0
Adelaide CrowsOpponent, 9W	16	15.9	10.1	5.8	5.5	0.1	0.1	1.8	0.3	0.6	4.1	11.4	0.1	–	–	0.1	1.2	3.6	3.7	1.3	0.4	0.7	–	–	–	–	–	–	0.1	0.4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
RichmondOpponent, 13W	15	15.4	10.5	4.9	4.9	–	0.2	1.0	0.1	1.6	3.7	11.5	–	0.1	–	0.1	0.8	3.9	3.3	2.1	0.5	0.9	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0.5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
CarltonOpponent, 11W	14	13.7	8.2	5.5	4.0	0.1	0.0	1.5	0.2	1.0	4.9	9.1	0.0	0.2	11.4	0.0	0.9	3.6	4.1	2.2	0.8	0.9	0.4	0.3	0.6	0.0	6.6	1.0	0.3	0.6	0.0	0.0	1.3	0.4	0.1	0.8	0.5	0.0	1.4	0.8	0.0
Gold Coast SUNSOpponent, 3W	3	11.3	7.7	3.7	4.7	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.3	2.7	8.3	0.0	0.0	64.0	0.0	0.3	2.0	3.0	0.7	0.0	0.7	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	20.7	2.0	–	0.3	0.0	0.0	4.3	0.0	0.0	1.3	0.7	0.0	4.3	4.0	0.0
GWS GIANTSOpponent, 1W	1	19.0	11.0	8.0	7.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	8.0	10.0	0.0	0.0	266	0.0	1.0	1.0	3.0	1.0	2.0	1.0	3.0	0.0	9.0	0.0	77.0	16.5	–	0.0	0.0	0.0	17.0	5.0	1.0	6.0	3.0	0.0	18.0	10.0	0.0
GMHBA StadiumGround, 69W	92	16.0	10.5	5.4	5.2	0.1	0.1	1.6	0.2	0.9	4.4	11.3	0.0	0.1	13.7	0.1	0.8	4.0	3.6	1.4	0.6	0.6	0.2	0.1	0.3	0.0	3.2	0.6	0.2	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.7	0.2	0.1	0.3	0.2	0.0	0.8	0.5	0.0
Marvel StadiumGround, 45W	69	14.5	9.8	4.7	5.0	0.1	0.0	1.3	0.3	1.2	4.1	10.1	0.0	0.2	12.9	0.1	0.7	3.8	3.5	1.8	0.6	0.9	0.2	0.1	0.3	0.0	3.9	0.6	0.1	0.8	0.0	0.0	0.8	0.2	0.1	0.6	0.3	0.0	0.9	0.6	0.0
MCGGround, 43W	62	14.4	8.5	5.9	4.4	0.0	0.2	1.6	0.2	1.0	4.1	9.8	0.1	0.2	9.8	0.0	0.6	2.9	3.3	1.7	0.5	0.7	0.1	0.2	0.3	0.0	2.5	0.4	0.1	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.3	0.0	0.4	0.1	0.0	0.6	0.2	0.0
Domain StadiumGround, 9W	18	12.4	8.1	4.3	4.2	0.1	0.1	1.6	0.1	0.6	4.3	8.4	0.1	0.0	21.7	0.1	0.8	2.6	3.9	1.9	0.6	1.2	0.3	0.4	0.4	0.0	5.2	0.4	–	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.8	0.2	0.1	1.3	0.5	0.0	1.2	0.7	0.0
AAMI StadiumGround, 7W	16	15.8	9.7	6.1	5.1	–	0.1	1.6	0.4	0.7	3.5	11.9	0.1	–	–	–	0.8	4.1	3.3	2.0	0.2	0.8	–	–	–	–	–	–	0.1	0.6	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
SCGGround, 4W	9	13.2	8.9	4.3	6.1	0.0	0.1	1.3	0.1	0.7	3.8	8.8	0.2	0.1	16.4	0.1	1.1	3.6	4.0	1.3	0.4	0.7	0.2	0.3	0.6	0.0	8.0	0.6	–	0.2	0.0	0.0	1.4	0.2	0.2	0.9	0.8	0.0	1.9	1.1	0.0
GabbaGround, 4W	7	13.9	8.4	5.4	5.7	0.0	0.0	3.1	0.1	0.3	3.0	9.9	0.0	0.0	46.3	0.0	0.7	4.9	4.7	1.9	0.3	1.1	0.1	1.0	0.7	0.0	12.7	0.0	–	0.1	0.0	0.0	1.9	0.3	0.3	2.0	0.4	0.0	1.7	1.4	0.0
Accor StadiumGround, 2W	3	17.0	11.7	5.3	8.3	–	–	1.7	0.3	0.7	4.3	12.7	–	–	–	0.3	1.0	4.3	2.3	2.3	0.7	1.0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1.0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Princes ParkGround, 0W	3	12.3	7.7	4.7	3.7	–	–	1.0	0.3	1.0	4.3	8.0	–	–	–	–	0.3	2.0	1.7	3.0	1.0	1.0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0.3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Corroboree Group Oval ManukaGround, 0W	2	14.5	8.5	6.0	6.5	–	–	2.0	–	0.5	1.5	12.0	–	–	–	–	1.0	2.5	1.0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2.0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
People First StadiumGround, 2W	2	12.5	9.0	3.5	6.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.0	9.0	0.0	0.0	96.0	0.0	0.5	2.5	4.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	3.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	31.0	3.0	–	0.0	0.0	0.0	6.5	0.0	0.0	2.0	1.0	0.0	6.5	6.0	0.0
UTAS StadiumGround, 0W	1	13.0	5.0	8.0	4.0	–	–	3.0	1.0	–	6.0	7.0	–	–	–	–	1.0	4.0	7.0	–	2.0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1.0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–