Wal Matthews

Wal Matthews
Personal information
Full name Llewellyn Walter Matthews
Born (1894-05-12)12 May 1894
Hopetoun, Victoria
Died 12 March 1973(1973-03-12) (aged 78)
Kew, Victoria
Original team Port Melbourne
Height 183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 81 kg (179 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1922–24 South Melbourne 22 (7)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1924.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Llewellyn Walter Matthews (12 May 1894 – 12 March 1973) was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Matthews coached Nagambie in 1925, before being appointed as captain / coach of Benalla Football Club in the Ovens & Murray Football League in June 1926.

Notes

  1. ↑ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 560. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  2. ↑ "1925 - Around the clubs". The Age. 1 May 1925. p. 8. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
  3. ↑ "1926 - Tomorrow's Matches". Benalla Standard (Vic). 25 June 1925. p. 5. Retrieved 11 June 2021.