Matthew Fell

Australian rules footballer

Australian rules footballer
Matthew Fell
Fell during his Collingwood career
Personal information
Full name Matthew Foster Fell
Date of birth 23 August 1875
Place of birth Gisborne, Victoria
Date of death 17 March 1957(1957-03-17) (aged 81)
Place of death Fremantle, Western Australia
Original team(s) Tungamah
Debut Round 1, 1898, Collingwood vs. Geelong, at Victoria Park
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1898–1905 Collingwood 116 (21)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1905.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Matthew Foster Fell (23 August 1875 – 17 March 1957)[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Collingwood Football Club during the early years of the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Fell came to Collingwood from the town of Tungamah and made his senior debut in Round One 1898, soon establishing himself in the side as a utility player. He was a ruckman in the 1901 VFL Grand Final loss to Essendon Football Club and a defender in the 1902 and 1903 premierships. From 1903 until the third round of the 1904 VFL season he played in 17 successive wins. Fell's last game of VFL football was the 1905 VFL Grand Final, which Collingwood lost.

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Matthew Fell.
  1. ^ "Matthew Fell". Collingwood Forever. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
  • Matthew Fell's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  • Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.
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Collingwood Football Club 1902/03 VFL premiers
1902: Collingwood 9.6 (60) defeated Essendon 3.9 (27), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground
1903: Collingwood 4.7 (31) defeated Fitzroy 3.11 (29), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground


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