Matthew Carr

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Matthew Carr

Personal information
Birth	December 29, 1978 (1978-12-29) (age 29),
Recruited from	East Fremantle Football Club, Western Australia
Height and weight	190cm / 87kg
Playing career¹
Debut	Round 4, 14 April 1999, St Kilda vs. Western Bulldogs, at Waverley Park
Team(s)	St Kilda (1999-2000) 28 games, 2 goals Fremantle (2001-2008) 134 games, 64 goals
¹ Statistics to end of Round 9, 2008 season
Career highlights
International Rules Series 2003

Matthew Carr (born December 29, 1978) is an Australian rules footballer. He played as a Half-Back Flanker and began his Football career at East Fremantle. Matthew is the brother of Josh Carr, who also plays at Freo and they both attended Corpus Christi College in Bateman, Western Australia

[edit] St.Kilda Career

Matthew was drafted by the The Saints after previously being drafted by Collingwood in the 1995 draft. 1998 Pre-Season Draft 1st round selection (St Kilda)

[edit] Fremantle career

Was traded to Fremantle at 2000 AFL Draft by St Kilda in exchange for Craig Callaghan. Played 21 games in Fremantle disastrous 2001 season. He played every game in 2002 and after an excellent 2003, in which he was sixth in the best and fairest, his 2004 season was severely disrupted by injury. An ankle problem early in the season and a broken leg later saw Carr restricted to just 11 games.

Matthew's 2005 was also affected by injury, he had been averaging more than 25 disposals per match before the Rd 9 match against Hawthorn. Carr was only able to manage 14 disposals while apparently under duress against Hawthorn. He returned for the Rd 18 clash against Collingwood but did little in the last 4 games of the season.

From 2006 season, Matthew was generally used in a utility/tagging role, often given the assignment of playing against the opposition's best midfield player. He was generally very effective in that role and finished the 2006 season having played every game for the Dockers including three appearances in the 2006 finals series. However, throughout 2006 and 2007 season injuries and fitness concerns continued to hamper his game and, although a serviceable player, he never returned to his earlier form.

Carr played four games in the 2008 season before announced his retirement on May 19th 2008. His last game was played against the Adelaide Crows at Subiaco Oval on 19th April, 2008.

[edit] External links

• Matthew Carr profile on the Official AFL Website of the Fremantle Football Club
• Matthew Carr's statistics from AFL Tables

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