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Matthew Parker (born 25 January 1996) is an Australian rules footballer who played for the Richmond Football Club and St Kilda Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He played 30 matches over 4 seasons in his AFL career.

Matthew Parker
Parker playing for St Kilda in April 2019
Personal information
Full name	Matthew Parker
Nickname(s)	Matt, MP-400, Parker-horse[1]
Date of birth	(1996-01-25) 25 January 1996 (age 26)
Original team(s)	South Fremantle (WAFL)
Draft	No. 47, 2018 national draft, St Kilda No. 10, 2021 mid-season rookie draft, Richmond
Height	190 cm (6 ft 3 in)
Weight	75 kg (165 lb)
Position(s)	Forward / midfielder
Club information
Current club	Richmond
Number	37
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
2019–2020	St Kilda	19 (16)
2021–2022	Richmond	11 0(7)
Total		30 (23)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2022 season.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

AFL career

St Kilda (2019–2020)

Drafted to the Saints at the mature age of 22. Parker was recruited from South Fremantle in the WAFL where he had played 27 senior games and kicked 39 goals at the two years he spent at the club. Parker had only previously played in the amateur league.

Drafted to the Saints with pick 47 in the 2018 AFL draft.[2][3]

Parker played 17 games in his debut season but managed only 2 in his final season. His was delisted at the end of 2020.[4]

Return to state-league (2021)

After being delisted by St Kilda, Parker returned to his former WAFL club South Fremantle.He was selected to represent Western Australia in the interstate match against South Australia in 2021.[5]

Richmond (2021–2022)

In the 2021 AFL Mid-Season Rookie Draft, Parker was selected by Richmond with the 10th pick. Parker played his first game with Richmond in round 18 against the Brisbane Lions.[6]

On the 23rd of September, Parker committed to a new one-year deal to remain at Punt Road in 2022.[7]

In 2022 Parker called time on his Richmond career and returned home to Western Australia for family reasons.[8]

AFL statistics

[9]

Legend

G	Goals	K	Kicks	D	Disposals	T	Tackles
B	Behinds	H	Handballs	M	Marks

Season	Team	No.	Games	Totals							Averages (per game)
				G	B	K	H	D	M	T	G	B	K	H	D	M	T
2019	St Kilda	34	17	16	13	119	61	180	50	51	0.9	0.8	7.0	3.6	10.6	2.9	3.0
2020[lower-alpha 1]	St Kilda	34	2	0	2	8	5	13	1	5	0.0	1.0	4.0	2.5	6.5	0.5	2.5
2021	Richmond	37	6	3	3	47	32	79	18	29	0.5	0.5	7.8	5.3	13.2	3.0	4.8
2022	Richmond	37	5	4	3	40	19	59	22	9	0.8	0.6	8.0	3.8	11.8	4.4	1.8
Career			30	23	21	214	117	331	91	94	0.8	0.7	7.1	3.9	11.0	3.0	3.1

Notes

References

External links

• Matthew Parker's profile on the official website of the Richmond Football Club
• Matthew Parker's playing statistics from AFL Tables
• Matthew Parker at AustralianFootball.com

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