| Matt Clape | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Matthew Clape | ||
| Born | (1969-05-28)28 May 1969 (age 56) | ||
| Height | 187 cm (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Weight | 86 kg (190 lb) | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1988–1994 | East Perth | 92 (17) | |
| 1992–1994 | West Coast Eagles | 29 (14) | |
| 1995–1998 | Carlton | 58 (48) | |
| Total | 179 (79) | ||
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1998. | |||
| Career highlights | |||
| Sources:AFL Tables,AustralianFootball.com | |||
Matt Clape (born 28 May 1969) is a formerAustralian rules footballer who played forCarlton andWest Coast in theAustralian Football League.
Clape got his first chance at AFL football with the West Coast Eagles as a half back flanker but was delisted after three seasons. He was given a second chance by Carlton when they picked him in the 1995 AFL Pre-Season Draft.
In the club's premiership season of 1995, Clape featured prominently. Pushed up forward he kicked 7 straight goals and gathered 17 possessions in a round 15 game againstAdelaide atOptus Oval. He played in theGrand Final and starred with 19 disposals. At the end of the year he had kicked 31 goals.
Matt is now a successful business owner living inPerth
G | Goals | K | Kicks | D | Disposals | T | Tackles |
B | Behinds | H | Handballs | M | Marks |
| Season | Team | No. | Games | Totals | Averages (per game) | Votes | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | B | K | H | D | M | T | G | B | K | H | D | M | T | |||||
| 1992 | West Coast | 32 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 73 | 38 | 111 | 25 | 18 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 8.1 | 4.2 | 12.3 | 2.8 | 2.0 | 0 |
| 1993 | West Coast | 32 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 65 | 49 | 114 | 18 | 10 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 4.6 | 3.5 | 8.1 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 2 |
| 1994 | West Coast | 32 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 11 | 35 | 7 | 3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 4.0 | 1.8 | 5.8 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0 |
| 1995† | Carlton | 6 | 23 | 31 | 11 | 200 | 119 | 319 | 89 | 20 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 8.7 | 5.2 | 13.9 | 3.9 | 0.9 | 9 |
| 1996 | Carlton | 6 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 128 | 85 | 213 | 45 | 28 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 7.5 | 5.0 | 12.5 | 2.6 | 1.6 | 1 |
| 1997 | Carlton | 6 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 60 | 67 | 127 | 38 | 13 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 5.5 | 6.1 | 11.5 | 3.5 | 1.2 | 0 |
| 1998 | Carlton | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 36 | 14 | 50 | 17 | 2 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 5.1 | 2.0 | 7.1 | 2.4 | 0.3 | 0 |
| Career | 87 | 62 | 35 | 586 | 383 | 969 | 239 | 94 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 6.7 | 4.4 | 11.1 | 2.7 | 1.1 | 12 | ||
