Debut v St Kilda, 2025-26 (22 Nov 2025)Last game v Richmond, 2026-27 (7 Nov 2026)Player no. 702 to appear for the club
12
Matches
408
Runs
37.09
Average
124
Highest
1 / 1
100s / 50s
10
Wickets
30.50
Bowling avg
3/47
Best
2
Catches
Season by season
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- DebutFirst matchv St Kilda, 2025-26
- First fifty124v Casey South Melbourne, 2025-26
- First hundred124v Casey South Melbourne, 2025-26
- Highest score124v Casey South Melbourne, 2025-26
- Best bowling3/47v Casey South Melbourne, 2025-26
- Last matchMatch 12v Richmond, 2026-27
Runs by season
Wickets by season
Every innings, in order
Lighter bars are not-out innings. Hover a bar for the match.
Against each club
 Richmond | 2 | 39 | 39 | 39.00 | 0 | – | 0/23 | ||
 Casey South Melbourne | 1 | 124 | 124 | 124.00 | 1 | 3 | 15.67 | 3/47 | |
 Footscray | 1 | 64 | 64 | 64.00 | 1 | 1 | 61.00 | 1/61 | |
 Dandenong | 1 | 49 | 49 | 49.00 | 1 | 2.00 | 1/2 | ||
 Camberwell Magpies | 1 | 29 | 29 | 29.00 | 0 | – | 0/17 | ||
 Essendon | 1 | 26 | 26 | 26.00 | 0 | – | 0/22 | ||
 Kingston Hawthorn | 1 | 23 | 23 | 23.00 | 2 | 23.00 | 2/46 | ||
 Carlton | 1 | 22 | 22 | 22.00 | 1 | 23.00 | 1/23 | ||
 Prahran | 1 | 13 | 13 | 13.00 | 0 | – | 0/13 | ||
 Melbourne | 1 | 12 | 12 | 12.00 | 1 | 10.00 | 1/10 | ||
 St Kilda | 1 | 7 | 7 | 7.00 | 1 | 41.00 | 1/41 |
Clubs that merged are counted as one, under today's name. Tap a heading to sort; open a club for every match against it.
Splits
By batting position
| Pos | Inn | NO | Runs | HS | Avg | 50s | 100s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 0 | 223 | 124 | 55.75 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | 68 | 39 | 34.00 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 7.00 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | 84 | 49 | 28.00 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 26 | 26.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Inn | NO | Runs | HS | Avg | 50s | 100s | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Top order (1–3) | 7 | 0 | 298 | 124 | 42.57 | 1 | 1 |
| Middle order (4–7) | 4 | 0 | 110 | 49 | 27.50 | 0 | 0 |
Batted most often at 1st.
Scores and consistency
- Ducks0
- 1–91
- 10–192
- 20–294
- 30–492
- 50–991
- 100+1
Turned 1 of 2 fifty-plus scores into hundreds. 20.2% of the side's runs in the innings batted. Top-scored for the side 5 times.
Dismissals
- Caught8 · 73%
- LBW2 · 18%
- Bowled1 · 9%
In wins and losses
| Inn | NO | Runs | HS | Avg | 50s | 100s | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| In wins | 6 | 0 | 263 | 124 | 43.83 | 0 | 1 |
| In losses | 5 | 0 | 145 | 64 | 29.00 | 1 | 0 |
| M | Wkts | Avg | Wkts / match | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| In wins | 6 | 5 | 23.40 | 0.8 |
| In losses | 5 | 5 | 37.60 | 1.0 |
- Scored 50+: the side won 1 of 2 (50%), lost 1.
- Every other match: the side won 5 of 10 (50%), lost 4.
Batting first or second
| Inn | NO | Runs | HS | Avg | 50s | 100s | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batting first | 8 | 0 | 311 | 124 | 38.88 | 0 | 1 |
| Batting second | 3 | 0 | 97 | 64 | 32.33 | 1 | 0 |
By ground
| Ground | M | Inn | Runs | HS | Avg | Wkts | Bowl avg | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Schramms Reserve, Doncaster | 6 | 5 | 158 | 64 | 31.60 | 4 | 34.00 | 1/2 |
| Casey Fields No. 4 Oval, Cranbourne East | 1 | 1 | 124 | 124 | 124.00 | 3 | 15.67 | 3/47 |
| Walter Galt Reserve - Main Oval | 1 | 1 | 23 | 23 | 23.00 | 2 | 23.00 | 2/46 |
| Princes Park / Princes Park - Turf Oval 1 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 22 | 22.00 | 1 | 23.00 | 1/23 |
| Camberwell Sports Ground | 1 | 1 | 29 | 29 | 29.00 | 0 | – | 0/17 |
| Central Reserve North Oval, Glen Waverley | 1 | 1 | 39 | 39 | 39.00 | 0 | – | 0/23 |
| Toorak Park | 1 | 1 | 13 | 13 | 13.00 | 0 | – | 0/13 |
Wickets taken
- LBW4 · 40%
- Bowled3 · 30%
- Caught3 · 30%
Batters dismissed
- Top order (1–3)3 · 30%
- Middle order (4–7)5 · 50%
- Lower order (8–11)2 · 20%
Best in a match: 3/47 v Casey South Melbourne, 2025-26. Wicket types count only matches where the card's dismissals add up to the bowling figures.
At the club
In the record book
- 154th of 488 run-scorers
- 156th of 298 wicket-takers
- 265th of 525 for matches played
- 46th of 81 for hundreds
- 318th of 431 for catches
Among players of 2025-26 to 2026-27: 8th of 22 for runs, 13th of 17 for wickets, 18th of 22 for matches, 5th of 6 for hundreds, 18th of 21 for catches.
Under Fitzroy-Doncaster: 61st of 184 for runs, 73rd of 135 for wickets, 114th of 197 for matches, 18th of 34 for hundreds, 124th of 167 for catches.
Played like…
- GB Gardiner1998-99 to 1999-00 · 35 m · 954 runs · 10 wkts
- LR Joslin1977-78 · 14 m · 515 runs · 25 wkts
- RA Bartlett1997-98 to 2001-02 · 80 m · 2,570 runs · 94 wkts
- EV Carroll1924-25 to 1925-26 · 13 m · 455 runs · 0 wkts
The careers nearest Spoors’s in length, runs and wickets a match, average and the balance of batting to bowling.
Most often alongside
- JW Rudd · 12
- LR Banthorpe · 12
- ZT Elliott · 12
- E Alavi · 11
- Braden Taeuber · 10
- Harkirat Bajwa · 9
- Liam Winn · 9
- Miller Childs · 5
- NJ Fletcher · 5
- Rupptaz Kharoud · 5
Matches in the same side, from the published cards.
The shape of the career
Season by season
Runs, up Wickets, down
The arc
Matthew Spoors' best season with the bat was 2025-26: 308 runs from 8 innings at 38.50. The best ten-innings patch came in 2025-26 to 2026-27: 401 runs at 40.10. The leanest, 2025-26 to 2026-27: 369 runs at 36.90.
Batting average over the last ten innings, at each innings of the career.
Milestones
| Milestone | When | Match |
|---|---|---|
| First fifty124 | 29 Nov 2025 | v Casey South Melbourne, 2025-26 |
| First hundred124 | 29 Nov 2025 | v Casey South Melbourne, 2025-26 |
Streaks
Best innings
| Score | Match | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 124 | v Casey South Melbourne, 2025-26 | Won |
| 64 | v Footscray, 2025-26 | Lost |
| 49 | v Dandenong, 2026-27 | Won |
| 39 | v Richmond, 2026-27 | Won |
| 29 | v Camberwell Magpies, 2025-26 | Lost |
Best bowling
| Figures | Match | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 3/47 | v Casey South Melbourne, 2025-26 | Won |
| 2/46 | v Kingston Hawthorn, 2025-26 | Lost |
| 1/2 | v Dandenong, 2026-27 | Won |
| 1/10 | v Melbourne, 2026-27 | Won |
| 1/23 | v Carlton, 2025-26 | Lost |
More splits
Batting position over the years
Opened for 1 season, dropped to 4th from 2026-27.
Home and away
| M | Inn | NO | Runs | HS | Avg | Wkts | Bowl avg | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 6 | 5 | 0 | 158 | 64 | 31.60 | 4 | 34.00 |
| Away | 6 | 6 | 0 | 250 | 124 | 41.67 | 6 | 28.17 |
Home taken as the ground the club played at most in each season: Fitzroy Cricket Ground, Schramms Reserve.
By day
| M | Inn | NO | Runs | HS | Avg | Wkts | Bowl avg | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday | 11 | 11 | 0 | 408 | 124 | 37.09 | 10 | 30.50 |
| Sunday | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 |
Month by month
| Month | M | Inn | NO | Runs | HS | Avg | Wkts | Bowl avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct | 2 | 2 | 0 | 61 | 49 | 30.50 | 2 | 6.00 |
| Nov | 4 | 3 | 0 | 170 | 124 | 56.67 | 4 | 27.75 |
| Dec | 3 | 3 | 0 | 64 | 29 | 21.33 | 1 | 53.00 |
| Jan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 64 | 64 | 64.00 | 1 | 61.00 |
| Feb | 2 | 2 | 0 | 49 | 26 | 24.50 | 2 | 34.00 |
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| Season | Opponent | Batting | Bowling | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | St Kilda | 7 | 1/41 | Something wrong? Tell us |
| 2025-26 | Casey South Melbourne | 124 | 3/47 | Something wrong? Tell us |
| 2025-26 | Richmond | dnb | – | Something wrong? Tell us |
| 2025-26 | Prahran | 13 | 0/13 | Something wrong? Tell us |
| 2025-26 | Camberwell Magpies | 29 | 0/17 | Something wrong? Tell us |
| 2025-26 | Carlton | 22 | 1/23 | Something wrong? Tell us |
| 2025-26 | Footscray | 64 | 1/61 | Something wrong? Tell us |
| 2025-26 | Kingston Hawthorn | 23 | 2/46 | Something wrong? Tell us |
| 2025-26 | Essendon | 26 | 0/22 | Something wrong? Tell us |
| 2026-27 | Dandenong | 49 | 1/2 | Something wrong? Tell us |
| 2026-27 | Melbourne | 12 | 1/10 | Something wrong? Tell us |
| 2026-27 | Richmond | 39 | 0/23 | Something wrong? Tell us |