Matthew Bishop
Port Adelaide and Melbourne
AFL career
150 games8 goals
- Debut
- R5 1998 v PAD26 Apr 1998
- Most recent
- R22 2006 v FRE2 Sept 2006
Stats
2006 | PAD | 16 | 6.3 | 3.7 | 10.0 | 3.7 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 39 |
2005 | PAD | 20 | 7.1 | 3.9 | 11.0 | 4.6 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 44 |
2004 | PAD | 24 | 7.2 | 4.4 | 11.5 | 4.5 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 47 |
2003 | PAD | 22 | 7.3 | 3.4 | 10.6 | 5.1 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 47 |
2002 | PAD | 25 | 8.5 | 2.9 | 11.4 | 4.7 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 48 |
2001 | PAD | 11 | 5.5 | 1.9 | 7.5 | 3.2 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 36 |
2000 | PAD | 14 | 5.9 | 3.1 | 9.1 | 2.2 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 33 |
1999 | MEL | 8 | 5.9 | 2.0 | 7.9 | 2.4 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 30 |
1998 | MEL | 10 | 5.4 | 3.0 | 8.4 | 2.4 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 32 |
FRE | SUB | R22 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 27 |
ADE | AAMI | R21 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 46 |
COL | AAMI | R20 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 48 |
WBD | TIO | R19 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 35 |
KAN | TD | R18 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 64 |
HAW | AAMI | R11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 7 |
CAR | TD | R10 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 44 |
ESS | TD | R9 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 43 |
BRL | AAMI | R8 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 30 |
WBD | AAMI | R7 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 33 |
ADE | AAMI | R6 | 14 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 65 |
COL | TD | R5 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 49 |
STK | AAMI | R4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 |
FRE | AAMI | R3 | 11 | 7 | 18 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 75 |
SYD | SCG | R2 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 30 |
KAN | AAMI | R1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 30 |
Bio
Recruited from Frankston as a rookie elevation, Matthew Bishop began his AFL journey at Melbourne, showing promise across 18 games before being traded to Port Adelaide ahead of the 2000 season. It was at Alberton that Bishop cemented his standing at the top level, becoming a structural pillar in Mark Williams' dominant sides of the early 2000s. An athletic key defender with deceptive closing speed and excellent spoiling ability, he formed a reliable partnership with fullback Darryl Wakelin, often tasked with nullifying mobile tall forwards while his teammates provided intercept support.
Bishop's career reached its pinnacle in 2004, where he played a vital role in Port Adelaide's historic maiden AFL premiership victory over the Brisbane Lions. While he was a quiet achiever who rarely featured in Brownlow voting, his durability and defensive discipline made him an automatic selection for the vast majority of his time in South Australia. He departed the game at the end of the 2006 season, retiring with the distinction of finishing his career on exactly 150 games.
Profile
- Born
- 11 July 1975 (age 51y 102d)
- Height
- 195 cm
- Weight
- 95 kg
Teams
Honours
- Premiership2004
Bio
1 revisionRecruited from Frankston as a rookie elevation, Matthew Bishop began his AFL journey at Melbourne, showing promise across 18 games before being traded to Port Adelaide ahead of the 2000 season. It was at Alberton that Bishop cemented his standing at the top level, becoming a structural pillar in Mark Williams' dominant sides of the early 2000s. An athletic key defender with deceptive closing speed and excellent spoiling ability, he formed a reliable partnership with fullback Darryl Wakelin, often tasked with nullifying mobile tall forwards while his teammates provided intercept support.
Bishop's career reached its pinnacle in 2004, where he played a vital role in Port Adelaide's historic maiden AFL premiership victory over the Brisbane Lions. While he was a quiet achiever who rarely featured in Brownlow voting, his durability and defensive discipline made him an automatic selection for the vast majority of his time in South Australia. He departed the game at the end of the 2006 season, retiring with the distinction of finishing his career on exactly 150 games.