Ben Mathews
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Overview
Ben Mathews is a former Australian Football LeagueAustralian Football League
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player with the Sydney Swans
Sydney Swans
The Sydney Swans Football Club is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League . The club is based in Sydney, New South Wales. The club, founded in 1874, was known as the South Melbourne Football Club until it relocated to Sydney in 1982 to become the Sydney...
, originally recruited from the Corowa
Corowa, New South Wales
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-Rutherglen
Rutherglen, Victoria
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region of New South Wales
New South Wales
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. In 2005 he was part of the premiership-winning side that defeated the West Coast Eagles
West Coast Eagles
The West Coast Eagles are an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League. The club is based in Perth, Western Australia. The club was founded in 1986 and played its first games in the 1987 season. Its current home ground is Subiaco Oval...
. He announced his retirement on 2 September 2008.
Season Statistics
| Year | Team | Number | Games | Kicks | Handballs | Total Disposals | Marks | Tackles | Goals | Behinds | Goal Accuracy % | Brownlow Medal Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Sydney | 36 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 31 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 100% | 0 |
| 1998 | Sydney | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 0 |
| 1999 | Sydney | 36 | 17 | 122 | 82 | 204 | 47 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 100% | 0 |
| 2000 | Sydney | 36 | 22 | 270 | 164 | 434 | 102 | 30 | 2 | 4 | 33% | 2 |
| 2001 | Sydney | 4 | 23 | 264 | 146 | 410 | 113 | 46 | 4 | 2 | 66% | 1 |
| 2002 | Sydney | 4 | 21 | 211 | 150 | 361 | 66 | 65 | 4 | 1 | 80% | 0 |
| 2003 | Sydney | 4 | 23 | 237 | 152 | 389 | 94 | 59 | 4 | 0 | 100% | 0 |
| 2004 | Sydney | 4 | 24 | 239 | 204 | 443 | 109 | 94 | 6 | 8 | 43% | 1 |
| 2005 | Sydney | 4 | 25 | 200 | 161 | 361 | 77 | 75 | 6 | 4 | 60% | 0 |
| 2006 | Sydney | 4 | 14 | 83 | 77 | 160 | 44 | 37 | 5 | 2 | 71% | 0 |
| 2007 | Sydney | 4 | 23 | 168 | 137 | 305 | 89 | 67 | 8 | 2 | 80% | 0 |
| 2008 | Sydney | 4 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 50% | 0 |
| Totals | 198 | 1824 | 1297 | 3121 | 753 | 498 | 45 | 24 | 65% | 4 |