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Matthew Shir
Personal information
Full name	Matthew Shir
Date of birth	(1981-09-12) 12 September 1981 (age 43)
Original team(s)	Benalla / Murray Bushrangers
Draft	83rd, 1999 National Draft
Height	184 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	83 kg (183 lb)
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
2001–2002	Adelaide	11 (1)
¹ Playing statistics correct to the end of 2002.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Matthew Shir (born 12 September 1981) is an Australian rules footballer who played with the Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).^[1]

Shir, a defender, was drafted by Adelaide from the Murray Bushrangers of the TAC Cup, although he was from Benalla originally.^[2] He was hampered by groin injuries during his time in Adelaide.^[3] At SANFL level he played for Glenelg.

Richmond secured him in the 2002 Rookie Draft, but he did not make any senior league appearances.

From 2004 to 2009 he played as a midfielder for Wodonga in the Ovens & Murray Football League. He won three club best and fairest awards and was a member of a premiership team in his first season, winning the O&MFL medal for best on ground in the grand final.

He made his way to Queensland in 2010 to play with Aspley.^[4]

References

^ "AFL Tables: Matthew Shir". afltables.com.
^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-920910-78-5.
^ "Past Players H-O (1–99 games)". Official AFL Website of the Adelaide Football Club. Archived from the original on 27 February 2011.
^ "Ex-Crows AFL Player Joins Aspley". SportingPulse.

v t e 1999 AFL national draft
First round	1. Josh Fraser 2. Paul Hasleby 3. Aaron Fiora 4. Matthew Pavlich 5. Leigh Brown 6. Damian Cupido 7. Danny Roach 8. Joel Corey 9. Caydn Beetham 10. Luke McPharlin 11. Darren Glass 12. Paul Koulouriotis 13. Robert Murphy 14. Travis Gaspar 15. David Spriggs 16. David Haynes 17. Ezra Bray
Second round	18. Rhyce Shaw 19. Brad Green 20. Paul Wheatley 21. Scott Stevens 22. Ezra Poyas 23. Daniel Foster 24. Jason Blake 25. Brett Johnson 26. Stephen Doyle 27. Cain Ackland 28. Brent Guerra 29. Adam Hunter 30. Jonathan Brown (F/S) 31. Paul Chapman 32. Daniel Giansiracusa 33. Tim Clarke 34. Leon Davis
Third round	35. Patrick Wiggins 36. Rhett Biglands 37. Mitch Hahn 38. Cameron Ling 39. Scott Homewood 40. David Hille 41. Kane Munro 42. Michael Clark 43. Lindsay Gilbee 44. Shane Morrison (F/S) 45. Marcus Pickett 46. Adam Butler 47. Corey Enright 48. Chance Bateman 49. Ben Cunningham 50. Matthew Whelan
Fourth round	51. Ricky O'Loughlin 52. Andrew Mills 53. Clayton Lassock 54. Murray Pitts 55. Tim Hazell 56. Ryan O'Keefe 57. Steven Brosnan 58. Patrick Bowden 59. John Barnes 60. Richard Kelly 61. Mark Ainley 62. Ben Johnson 63. Shannon O'Brien 64. Cameron Bruce 65. Justin Cicolella 66. Ryan Hargrave
Fifth round	67. Robert Shirley 68. Tony Delaney 69. Bill Nicholls 70. Brett Allison 72. Robert Forster-Knight 73. Ryan Houlihan 74. Matthew Burton 75. Dale Baynes 77. Lindsay Smith 78. Ty Zantuck 79. Balraj Singh 80. Jeremy Dukes 81. Troy Makepeace 82. Nick Stone
Sixth round	83. Matthew Shir 86. Trent Hotton 87. Christian Woodley 88. Michael Clark 90. Andrew Merrington 92. Adam Mathews 93. Joe Allen

v t e 2003 AFL rookie draft
First round	1. Jonathon McCormick 2. Allan Murray 3. Kelvin Moore 4. Ricky Mott 6. Heath James 7. Brad Sewell 8. Jeffrey Smith 9. Aaron Edwards 10. Michael Firrito 11. Adam Fisher 12. Ben Haynes 13. Hayden Skipworth 14. Joel Patfull 15. Nick Maxwell 16. Daniel Pratt
Second round	17. Laurence Angwin 18. Jordan Barham 19. Matthew Shir 20. Ben Colreavy 23. Michael Osborne 24. Travis Jorgensen 25. Mark Nicoski 26. Jeremy Clayton 27. Dale Carson 28. Courtney Johns 29. Jason Porplyzia 30. Scott Borlace 31. Jason Roe 32. Kevin Tandoga
Third round	33. Mark McKenzie 35. Adam Pickering 36. Daniel Gilmore 39. Tim Hazell 40. Shannon Byrnes 41. Zach Beeck 42. Clinton Alleway 43. Ezra Poyas 44. Adrian Wilson 45. Aidan Parker 47. Tom Hooker
Fourth round	49. Tom Hedge 51. Steven Dodd 54. George Davies 55. Nick Gill 56. Nathan Carroll 57. Toby McGrath 58. Michael Bratton 60. Steven Eichner
Fifth round	62. Michael Stinear 64. Paul Bevan 65. Michael Clark
Sixth round	68. Sean O'Keeffe 69. Ryan Crawford 70. Joel Macdonald
Seventh round	71. James Meiklejohn 72. Paul Shelton
Eighth round	73. Declan O'Mahony 74. Luke Weller

Matthew Shir

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