Matthew Ferguson (Australian footballer)

Matthew Ferguson
Personal information
Date of birth	(1984-10-01) 1 October 1984
Original team	Gippsland / Heyfield
Debut	Round 12, 14 June 2003, St Kilda v. Port Adelaide, at York Park
Height/Weight	187cm / 87kg
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
2003–2008	St Kilda	12 (0)
¹ Playing statistics correct to end of 2008 season.

Matthew J. Ferguson (born 1 October 1984) is a former Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League (AFL).

He was recruited as the number 22 draft pick in the 2002 AFL Draft from Gippsland. He made his debut for St Kilda in Round 12, 2003 against Port Adelaide.

After being delisted at the end of the 2006 season following just eight games in four seasons, he was given a second chance when redrafted in the 2006 AFL Draft.

He was recalled to the side for the clash with West Coast in Round 21, 2007, after having missed selection in 44 consecutive matches.

Ferguson took a huge screamer against Melbourne in Round 10, 2008 to receive a nomination for Mark of the Year.

External links

Matthew Ferguson's profile on the official website of the St Kilda Football Club
Matthew Ferguson's statistics from AFL Tables

2002 AFL national draft

First round	1. Brendon Goddard 2. Daniel Wells 3. Jared Brennan 4. Tim Walsh 5. Jarrad McVeigh 6. Steven Salopek 7. Andrew Mackie 8. Luke Brennan 9. Hamish McIntosh 10. Jason Laycock 11. Jason Winderlich 12. Jay Schulz 13. Byron Schammer 14. Daniel Bell 15. Nick Smith 16. Stephen Gilham 17. Cameron Faulkner 18. Kris Shore 19. Troy Selwood 20. Will Minson 21. Bo Nixon

Second round	22. Matthew Ferguson 23. Tom Lonergan 24. Paul Johnson 25. Callum Urch 26. Jared Rivers 27. Darren Walsh 28. Tristan Cartledge 29. Luke Shackleton 30. Daniel Merrett 31. Joel Perry 32. Luke Jericho 33. Brad Murphy 34. Sean Dempster (F/S) 35. Scott Bassett 36. Tim Callan (F/S) 37. Brent Staker 38. Blake Grima 39. Gary Moorcroft 40. Jobe Watson (F/S) 41. Tim Fleming 42. Brett Ebert (F/S) 43. Cameron Cloke (F/S) 44. Anthony Corrie

Third round	45. Kade Simpson 46. Leigh Fisher 47. Bill Nicholls 48. Greg Edgcumbe 49. Cameron Wight 50. Josh Thewlis 51. Tim Boyle 53. Adam Selwood 54. Cameron Hunter 55. Ryan Crowley 56. Robert Shirley 57. Wade Champion 58. David King

Fourth round	60. Cameron Croad 62. Daniel Sipthorp 63. Brett Doswell 64. Nick Malceski 65. Lochlan Veale 66. Ryan Ferguson 67. Steven Alessio 68. James Begley 70. Matthew Lokan

Fifth round	72. Brad Fisher

Sixth round	79. Karl Norman

Seventh round	84. Mick Martyn

2006 AFL national draft

First round	1. Bryce Gibbs 2. Scott Gumbleton 3. Lachlan Hansen 4. Matthew Leuenberger 5. Travis Boak 6. Mitch Thorp 7. Joel Selwood 8. Ben Reid 9. David Armitage 10. Nathan Brown 11. Andrejs Everitt 12. James Frawley 13. Jack Riewoldt 14. James Sellar 15. Daniel O'Keefe 16. Mitch Brown 17. Shaun Hampson (PP) 18. Leroy Jetta (PP)

Second round	19. Shaun Grigg 20. Tom Hislop 21. Gavin Urquhart 22. Albert Proud 23. Paul Stewart 24. Brent Renouf 25. Nathan Djerrkura 26. Shane Edwards 27. Brad Howard 28. Chris Dawes 29. Eric Mackenzie 30. Ricky Petterd 31. Clayton Collard 32. Kurt Tippett 33. Jarryd Morton 34. Chris Schmidt

Third round	35. Mark Austin 36. Alwyn Davey 37. Todd Goldstein 38. James Hawksley 39. Nathan Krakouer 40. Josh P. Kennedy (F/S) 41. Tom Hawkins (F/S) 42. Bachar Houli 43. Tim Houlihan 44. Brad Dick 45. Brennan Stack 46. Colin Garland 47. Kyle Reimers 48. David Mackay 49. Daniel Currie 50. Will Schofield

Fourth round	51. Clint Benjamin 52. Brock O'Brien 53. Lindsay Thomas 54. Matt Tyler 55. Robbie Gray 56. Garry Moss 57. Simon Hogan 58. Daniel Connors 59. Jarryd Allen 60. Carl Peterson 61. Josh Hill 62. Isaac Weetra 63. Tyson Goldsack 64. Nick Gill 65. Peter Faulks 66. Malcolm Lynch

Fifth round	67. Joe Anderson 69. Ben Warren 70. Sam Sheldon 71. Justin Westhoff 73. Andrew Collins 74. Matthew Ferguson 76. Paul O'Shea 77. Calib Mourish 78. Bryce Campbell 79. Jesse White 80. James Thomson

Sixth round	82. Aaron Edwards 83. Ryan Williams

Seventh round	86. David Rodan