Herbie Matthews

Herbie Matthews played 191 senior VFL games for Sydney between 1932 and 1945, lining up most often as a defender. On 23-0, Herbie Matthews's career spans 2 decades, from the 1930s to the 1940s of football.

Our era-fair model rates Herbie Matthews at a peak of 92 out of 100, reached in the 1940s. That figure measures Herbie Matthews only against the players of that same era — the teammates and opponents actually faced — using standardised output, honours and finals impact, so a 1940s defender can be compared fairly with players from any other decade of the game.

Honours on the record for Herbie Matthews include 1 premiership and 1 Brownlow Medal.

Season by season, the data credits Herbie Matthews with 17 career goals and a top Brownlow year of 5 votes in 1934. The full year-by-year breakdown is below.