Matthew Bishop (footballer)

Matthew Bishop (born 11 July 1975) is a former Australian rules footballer who played in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Bishop started out with the Melbourne Demons after being elevated from their rookie list in 1998. He spent two seasons with them before moving to in 2000, where he made a name for himself as one of the most solid defenders at the club. He played in Port Adelaide's 2004 premiership team.

Playing statistics


! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1998 ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1999 ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2000 ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2001 ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2002 ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2003 ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2004 ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2005 ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2006 ! colspan=3| Career ! 150 ! 8 ! 9 ! 1032 ! 498 ! 1530 ! 599 ! 110 ! 0.1 ! 0.1 ! 6.9 ! 3.3 ! 10.2 ! 4.0 ! 0.7
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 * 48 || 10 || 3 || 2 || 54 || 30 || 84 || 24 || 4 || 0.3 || 0.2 || 5.4 || 3.0 || 8.4 || 2.4 || 0.4
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 * 18 || 8 || 1 || 1 || 47 || 16 || 63 || 19 || 2 || 0.1 || 0.1 || 5.9 || 2.0 || 7.9 || 2.4 || 0.3
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 * 4 || 14 || 0 || 2 || 83 || 44 || 127 || 31 || 8 || 0.0 || 0.1 || 5.9 || 3.1 || 9.1 || 2.2 || 0.6
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 * 19 || 11 || 0 || 0 || 61 || 21 || 82 || 35 || 12 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 5.5 || 1.9 || 7.5 || 3.2 || 1.1
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 * 19 || 25 || 2 || 3 || 212 || 72 || 284 || 118 || 19 || 0.1 || 0.1 || 8.5 || 2.9 || 11.4 || 4.7 || 0.8
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 * 19 || 22 || 0 || 1 || 160 || 74 || 234 || 112 || 17 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 7.3 || 3.4 || 10.6 || 5.1 || 0.8
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 * 19 || 24 || 0 || 0 || 172 || 105 || 277 || 109 || 27 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 7.2 || 4.4 || 11.5 || 4.5 || 1.1
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 * 19 || 20 || 2 || 0 || 142 || 77 || 219 || 92 || 10 || 0.1 || 0.0 || 7.1 || 3.9 || 11.0 || 4.6 || 0.5
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 * 19 || 16 || 0 || 0 || 101 || 59 || 160 || 59 || 11 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 6.3 || 3.7 || 10.0 || 3.7 || 0.7
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