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.infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox infobox-table vcard" style="line-height: 1.2em; width: 25em;"><tbody><tr><th colspan="4" class="infobox-above fn">Phil Matson</th></tr><tr><td colspan="4" class="infobox-image"> <span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:PhilMatson.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Sepia colours posed photograph of young man standing with hands on hips, wearing a dark sleeveless jumper, long white shorts and black boots" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/PhilMatson.jpg/220px-PhilMatson.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="283" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/PhilMatson.jpg/330px-PhilMatson.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/PhilMatson.jpg/440px-PhilMatson.jpg 2x" data-file-width="447" data-file-height="576" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Phil Matson circa 1923</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="4" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#003399; color: #ffffff; line-height: 1.5em">Personal information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">Full name</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data" style="vertical-align: baseline"> Phillip Henry Matson</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">Date of birth</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data" style="vertical-align: baseline"> <span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1884-10-22</span>)</span>22 October 1884</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">Place of birth</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data" style="vertical-align: baseline"> <a href="/wiki/Port_Adelaide,_South_Australia" class="mw-redirect" title="Port Adelaide, South Australia">Port Adelaide, South Australia</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">Date of death</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data" style="vertical-align: baseline"> 13 June 1928<span style="display:none">(1928-06-13)</span> (aged 43)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">Place of death</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data" style="vertical-align: baseline"> <a href="/wiki/Perth,_Western_Australia" class="mw-redirect" title="Perth, Western Australia">Perth, Western Australia</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">Height</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data" style="vertical-align: baseline"> 179 cm (5 ft 10 in)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">Position(s)</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data role" style="vertical-align: baseline"> Utility</td></tr><tr><th colspan="4" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#003399; color: #ffffff; line-height: 1.5em">Playing career<sup>1</sup></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">Years</th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline"> <b>Club</b></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline"> <b>Games (Goals)</b></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left"><span style="font-weight: normal">1904</span></th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline"> <a href="/wiki/West_Perth_Football_Club" title="West Perth Football Club">West Perth</a></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline"> 1 (0)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left"><span style="font-weight: normal">1904–05</span></th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline"> <a href="/wiki/South_Bunbury_Football_Club" title="South Bunbury Football Club">South Bunbury</a></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline"> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left"><span style="font-weight: normal">1906–08</span></th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline"> <a href="/wiki/Boulder_City_Football_Club" class="mw-redirect" title="Boulder City Football Club">Boulder City</a></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline"> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left"><span style="font-weight: normal">1909–10</span></th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline"> <a href="/wiki/Sturt_Football_Club" title="Sturt Football Club">Sturt</a></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline"> 24 (13)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left"><span style="font-weight: normal">1911</span></th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline"> <a href="/wiki/North_Fremantle_Football_Club" title="North Fremantle Football Club">North Fremantle</a></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline"> 13</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left"><span style="font-weight: normal">1912–17</span></th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline"> <a href="/wiki/Subiaco_Football_Club" title="Subiaco Football Club">Subiaco</a></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline"> 79 (70)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left"><span style="font-weight: normal">1918–23</span></th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline"> <a href="/wiki/East_Perth_Football_Club" title="East Perth Football Club">East Perth</a></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline"> 35 (35)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="4" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#003399; color: #ffffff; line-height: 1.5em">Representative team honours</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">Years</th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline"> <b>Team</b></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline"> <b>Games (Goals)</b></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left"><span style="font-weight: normal">1908, 1911, 1914</span></th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline"> <a href="/wiki/Western_Australia_Australian_rules_football_team" title="Western Australia Australian rules football team">Western Australia</a></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline"> 10</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left"><span style="font-weight: normal">1909–10</span></th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline"> <a href="/wiki/South_Australia_Australian_rules_football_team" title="South Australia Australian rules football team">South Australia</a></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline"> 4</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">Total</th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline"> </td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline"> <b>14</b></td></tr><tr><th colspan="4" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#003399; color: #ffffff; line-height: 1.5em">Coaching career<sup>3</sup></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">Years</th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline"> <b>Club</b></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline"> <b>Games (W–L–D)</b></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left"><span style="font-weight: normal">1913–14</span></th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline"> <a href="/wiki/Subiaco_Football_Club" title="Subiaco Football Club">Subiaco</a></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline"> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left"><span style="font-weight: normal">1918–24, 1926–28</span></th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline"> <a href="/wiki/East_Perth_Football_Club" title="East Perth Football Club">East Perth</a></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline"> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left"><span style="font-weight: normal">1923, 1926–27</span></th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline"> <a href="/wiki/Western_Australia_Australian_rules_football_team" title="Western Australia Australian rules football team">Western Australia</a></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline"> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left"><span style="font-weight: normal">1925</span></th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline"> <a href="/wiki/Castlemaine_Football_Club" title="Castlemaine Football Club">Castlemaine</a></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline"> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="4" class="infobox-full-data" style="vertical-align: baseline"> <div style="color:#555; font-size:90%"><sup>1</sup> Playing statistics correct to the end of 1923.</div><div style="color:#555; font-size:90%"><sup>2</sup> Representative statistics correct as of 1914.</div><div style="color:#555; font-size:90%"><sup>3</sup> Coaching statistics correct as of 1928.</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="4" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#003399; color: #ffffff; line-height: 1.5em">Career highlights</th></tr><tr><td colspan="4" class="infobox-full-data" style="vertical-align: baseline"> <div style="text-align: left;"> <p><b>Player</b> </p> <ul><li>1x South Bunbury premiership player (1904)</li> <li>2x Boulder City premiership player (1907, 1908)</li> <li>3x Subiaco premiership player (1912, 1913, 1915)</li> <li>5x East Perth premiership player (1919, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923)</li></ul> <p><b>Coach</b> </p> <ul><li>1x Subiaco premiership coach (1913)</li> <li>7x East Perth premiership coach (1919, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1926, 1927)</li> <li>1x Castlemaine Grand Final losing coach (1925)</li></ul> <p><b>Honours</b> </p> <ul><li>Subiaco "Team of the Century"</li> <li>East Perth (1906-1944) "Team of the Century"</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australian_Football_Hall_of_Fame" title="Australian Football Hall of Fame">Australian Football Hall of Fame</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WAFL_Hall_of_Fame" class="mw-redirect" title="WAFL Hall of Fame">WAFL Hall of Fame</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4" class="infobox-below" style="text-align: right"> Source: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://australianfootball.com/players/player/Phil+Matson/652">AustralianFootball.com</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Phillip Henry Matson</b> (22 October 1884 – 13 June 1928) was a record-breaking swimmer, a highly successful player and also coach of <a href="/wiki/Australian_rules_football" title="Australian rules football">Australian rules football</a> in the early 20th century in Western Australia. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Family">Family</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Phil_Matson&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Family"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The son of George Thomas Matson (1842-1915),<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and his wife Emma (1854-1928),<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> née Duffield, Phillip Henry Matson, was born at Port Adelaide on 22 October 1884. </p><p>Matson was educated at state school in Adelaide before moving to Western Australia as a youth. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Lifestyle">Lifestyle</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Phil_Matson&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Lifestyle"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Away from football, Matson's work was varied and somewhat inconsistent. He conducted stints as a miner, a tramway motorman, a farmer, a navvy on the trans-Australian railway, a lumper, a store clerk and a 'Spot-Lager' retailer. </p><p>Early in his career, he was a teetotaler but eventually became a "social" drinker and was well known for his gambling habit. His unconventional approach to life caused problems within his family, who were sometimes compelled to live in a tent. </p><p>Matson offered to enlist during <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a>. When rejected he opted to live as a licensed <a href="/wiki/Swan_River_(Western_Australia)" title="Swan River (Western Australia)">Swan River</a> fisherman and engaged more heavily in gambling. He operated two-up schools at <a href="/wiki/Subiaco,_Western_Australia" title="Subiaco, Western Australia">Subiaco</a> and <a href="/wiki/Pelican_Point,_Western_Australia" title="Pelican Point, Western Australia">Pelican Point</a>, SP books in some city hotels, and later an illegal gaming house in Perth. For a number of years, he held a trotting bookmaker's licence. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Swimming">Swimming</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Phil_Matson&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Swimming"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>He worked as a navvies' water-boy in Western Australia, and began swimming competitively in 1902. </p><p>He had been encouraged to take up football by his swimming trainer, William Howson (who set a world record in 1904 in 110 yards underwater swimming), in order to "harden himself" for his swimming.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During his swimming career, he held Western Australian freestyle titles from 100 yards (91 m) to a mile (1.6 km) using the now-obsolete <a href="/wiki/Trudgen" title="Trudgen">trudgen</a> stroke,<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>. He won the 220-yard breaststroke at the Australasian championships for three consecutive years (1905, 1906, and 1907). </p><p>On 19 February 1908 he participated in the West Australian Amateur Swimming Association's Australian Championship at <a href="/wiki/Claremont,_Western_Australia" title="Claremont, Western Australia">Claremont, Western Australia</a>, Matson set a world record time for the 220-yard breaststroke - three minutes and fourteen seconds, winning by a length (having touched equal first at the last turn).<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Seven days later, on 26 February 1908, swimming at a swimming carnival in Kalgoorie, Matson broke his own world record by another three and two-fifths seconds, when he swam the distance in three minutes and ten and three-fifths of a second.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, because a surveyor's certificate could not be produced that precisely verified the dimensions of the pool (i.e., the exact length of the swim) the governing body, the New South Wales Amateur Swimming Association, refused to ratify the new record.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>His football career at the time precluded him from being considered for the Olympic Games in swimming. He therefore turned professional for a £20 stake in 1909. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Football">Football</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Phil_Matson&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Football"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dd><dl><dd>"[Matson] himself was a wonderful footballer. His name has been bracketed with that of the late <a href="/wiki/Albert_Thurgood" title="Albert Thurgood">Albert Thurgood</a> as the best player of all time. Grim, relentless, shrewd, strong as a lion, courageous and trier from start to finish, Matson was a great figure on the field." — <i>The Sporting Globe</i>, 20 July 1928.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl></dd></dl> <dl><dd><dl><dd>"All up, Matson played and/or coached nine clubs and was involved in 13 premiership (five as a player, four as player/coach and four as coach) and four runner-up teams in 25 completed seasons." — Peter Carter.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl></dd></dl> <p>A fast, vigorous and versatile utility with an ability to take the big mark (despite being only 179 cm), he played at half-back and half-forward and took turns in the ruck.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He played for both <a href="/wiki/South_Australia_Australian_rules_football_team" title="South Australia Australian rules football team">South Australia</a> (1909–10) and <a href="/wiki/Western_Australia_Australian_rules_football_team" title="Western Australia Australian rules football team">Western Australia</a> (1908, 1911, 1914) and captained the South Australian team at the <a href="/wiki/1914_Sydney_Carnival" title="1914 Sydney Carnival">1914 interstate carnival</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1224211176">.mw-parser-output .quotebox{background-color:#F9F9F9;border:1px solid #aaa;box-sizing:border-box;padding:10px;font-size:88%;max-width:100%}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatleft{margin:.5em 1.4em .8em 0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatright{margin:.5em 0 .8em 1.4em}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.centered{overflow:hidden;position:relative;margin:.5em auto .8em auto}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatleft span,.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatright span{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .quotebox>blockquote{margin:0;padding:0;border-left:0;font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-title{text-align:center;font-size:110%;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote>:first-child{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote:last-child>:last-child{margin-bottom:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote.quoted:before{font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:large;color:gray;content:" “ ";vertical-align:-45%;line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote.quoted:after{font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:large;color:gray;content:" ” ";line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .left-aligned{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .right-aligned{text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .center-aligned{text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .quote-title,.mw-parser-output .quotebox .quotebox-quote{display:block}.mw-parser-output .quotebox cite{display:block;font-style:normal}@media screen and (max-width:640px){.mw-parser-output .quotebox{width:100%!important;margin:0 0 .8em!important;float:none!important}}</style><div class="quotebox pullquote floatright" style="; font-size: 80%;"> <div class="quotebox-title" style=""><i><b>MR. MOFFAT'S TRIBUTE</b></i><br /></div> <blockquote class="quotebox-quote left-aligned" style=""> <p>                                        <b>Yeoman Services to Game</b><br />      "I exceedingly regret to learn of Phil Matson's death", said <a href="/wiki/Alf_Moffat" title="Alf Moffat">Mr. A.A. Moffatt</a>,<br /> president of the <a href="/wiki/West_Australian_Football_League" title="West Australian Football League">W.A. Football League</a> and of the <a href="/wiki/Australian_National_Football_Council#Formation_of_the_Australasian_Football_Council" title="Australian National Football Council">Australian Football Council</a>,<br /> this morning. "League football has been deprived of one whose loss will be<br /> difficult to replace. Western Australia has had many fine exponents of Australian<br /> football. With the exception of the late <a href="/wiki/Albert_Thurgood" title="Albert Thurgood">A.J. Thurgood</a>, I cannot recall to mind<br /> another player whom I would place in front of the late Phil Matson as the finest<br /> footballer who has thrilled the public of our State. No position on the field would<br /> find him misplaced. At all times the ball was his objective, not the man. His<br /> judgment was uncanny, and once he placed his hand on the ball it was gripped<br /> as if in a vice. His aerial flights were spectacular and thrilling, and being<br /> possessed of exceptional football brains, the results of his play were often<br /> confounding to opposing teams.<br />      "Apart from his qualities on the field, he was an outstanding judge of<br /> players, and as a tactician was not surpassed. Over a period of very many<br /> years Phil Matson had rendered yeoman service as a player to the clubs with<br /> which he had been associated on the goldfields and in the metropolitan area.<br /> To his adopted State of Western Australia he gave of his best, and as a<br /> representative in the carnival games, in which he participated, was always one<br /> of the outstanding players. The Sturt Club and the South Australian public had<br /> many appreciative opinions of his exceptional ability as a player during the time<br /> he played in that State.<br />                                        <b>GREATEST COACH OF ALL.</b><br />      "On his retirement from the playing fields he became celebrated as a coach,<br /> not only to his club, but to State and carnival teams. In this he was equally as<br /> successful as he had been as a player, and in my opinion was the greatest<br /> coach the Australian game has known, not excepting even the famed Colling-<br /> wood mentor, <a href="/wiki/Jock_McHale" title="Jock McHale">Jim M'Hale</a>. Players and others associated with the game will<br /> fully realise the great loss his death means and the difficult gap thereby created.<br /> With the players Phil Matson seemed to be a super-coach, having a personality<br /> which enabled him to extract from those he was handling the best that was<br /> within them. His pre-match and half-time addresses were of such a nature that<br /> players and others privileged to hear them became inspired with the sound<br /> advice he tendered. Words were never wasted, and he always, succeeded in<br /> striking the target at the right spot.<br />      "The record of successes achieved by him will be a lasting memorial to<br /> his greatness, and, in conjunction with many, others, I deeply deplore the<br /> untimely severance of his connection with the national game in which he<br /> was such an outstanding personality."<br />      <i>The Daily News</i>, 14 June 1928.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </blockquote> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Professional">Professional</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Phil_Matson&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Professional"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Matson supported himself playing football during an era when the game was supposedly an amateur sport. He moved clubs frequently, playing outside the main leagues if the price was right. Over 20 seasons he played for: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/South_Bunbury_Football_Club" title="South Bunbury Football Club">South Bunbury Football Club</a> (Western Australia): 1904–1905.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boulder_City_Football_Club" class="mw-redirect" title="Boulder City Football Club">Boulder City Football Club</a> (Western Australia): 1906–1908.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sturt_Football_Club" title="Sturt Football Club">Sturt</a> (South Australia): 1909–1910.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Fremantle_Football_Club" title="North Fremantle Football Club">North Fremantle Football Club</a> (Western Australia): 1911.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Subiaco_Football_Club" title="Subiaco Football Club">Subiaco Football Club</a> (Western Australia): 1912–1917.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Perth_Football_Club" title="East Perth Football Club">East Perth Football Club</a> (Western Australia): 1918–1923.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Coaching_career">Coaching career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Phil_Matson&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Coaching career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="East_Perth">East Perth</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Phil_Matson&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: East Perth"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Aged 33, Matson found his calling when he was appointed as coach of <a href="/wiki/East_Perth_Football_Club" title="East Perth Football Club">East Perth Football Club</a> in 1918. Matson worked on the players' confidence and garnered their respect with a methodical approach to his coaching. He was lauded for his ability to outwit opponents and exploit weaknesses. Matson's dominant personality helped recruit some excellent players and a dynasty was rapidly built. In nine seasons between 1919 and 1927, East Perth won seven premierships and dominated Western Australian football. In total, he played in twelve premiership teams and, in the last ten years of his career, coached teams into nine finals. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="WAFL">WAFL</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Phil_Matson&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: WAFL"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>He was an essential part of the state team,<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as a selector for the successful 1921 Western Australian interstate carnival team, and as the coach of the 1924,<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the 1927 teams<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> that lost narrowly to Victoria. Controversially, he openly criticised Victorian officials in 1924 for encouraging violence against his team. This outburst came back to haunt him. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Castlemaine_(BFL)"><span id="Castlemaine_.28BFL.29"></span>Castlemaine (BFL)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Phil_Matson&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Castlemaine (BFL)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1925, Matson accepted an offer to coach the <a href="/wiki/Castlemaine_Football_Club" title="Castlemaine Football Club">Castlemaine Football Club</a>, in the Victorian goldfields, in the club's first year in the <a href="/wiki/Bendigo_Football_League" class="mw-redirect" title="Bendigo Football League">Bendigo Football League</a> competition. He was cleared as both player (he played in 2 or 3 games) and as coach to Castlemaine in April 1925.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>With Matson's coaching, Castlemaine made the 1925 Grand Final, but lost to <a href="/wiki/South_Bendigo_Football_Club" class="mw-redirect" title="South Bendigo Football Club">South Bendigo</a> by 14 Points: 7.12 (54) to 6.4 (40).<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Richmond_(VFL)"><span id="Richmond_.28VFL.29"></span>Richmond (VFL)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Phil_Matson&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Richmond (VFL)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Impressed with his effort in lifting the team into the Grand Final, <a href="/wiki/Richmond_Football_Club" title="Richmond Football Club">Richmond</a> officials approached Matson with an offer to succeed <a href="/wiki/Dan_Minogue" title="Dan Minogue">Dan Minogue</a> as the Tigers' coach for 1926.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Matson accepted and relocated to Melbourne. </p><p>However, the <a href="/wiki/Australian_Football_League" title="Australian Football League">Victorian Football League (VFL)</a> refused Matson a permit to take up the job, which incensed both the club and prospective coach.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was variously suggested that the VFL officials had not forgotten Matson's outburst two years earlier, or that they disapproved of his "unconventional" lifestyle.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Western_Australia">Western Australia</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Phil_Matson&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Western Australia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Matson returned to Perth in time for the football season, and was re-appointed to coach East Perth.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He took them to successive premierships. Matson had revenge on the VFL officials by inspiring Western Australia to two "spiteful, vicious, brutal" victories over Victoria in 1926. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Death">Death</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Phil_Matson&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Death"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>He died on 13 June 1928,<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> from a fractured skull — an injury he sustained on 11 June 1928 (as the only passenger) in an accident on Hampden Road in <a href="/wiki/Nedlands,_Western_Australia" title="Nedlands, Western Australia">Nedlands</a>, when a truck driven by his former team-mate <a href="/wiki/Horrie_Bant" title="Horrie Bant">Horrie Bant</a>, careered off the road, crashed through the bush, and collided with a post carrying overhead tram wires. Both men were thrown from the vehicle. Although injured, Bant survived the crash, and died in 1957. Matson struck the post with his head.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Survived by his former wife, their two sons (Glenn and Cliff), and his <i>de facto</i> wife Catherine Thompson, née Owens,<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> he was buried at <a href="/wiki/Karrakatta_Cemetery" title="Karrakatta Cemetery">Karrakatta Cemetery</a> on 15 June 1928.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Legacy">Legacy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Phil_Matson&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Legacy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>He played an important role in the process of making Australian football professional by openly negotiating fees that made him the highest paid Western Australian player and coach of the time. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Phil_Matson_plaque.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Phil_Matson_plaque.jpg/220px-Phil_Matson_plaque.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="204" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Phil_Matson_plaque.jpg/330px-Phil_Matson_plaque.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Phil_Matson_plaque.jpg/440px-Phil_Matson_plaque.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1813" data-file-height="1680" /></a><figcaption>Matson's paver on <a href="/wiki/St_Georges_Terrace,_Perth" class="mw-redirect" title="St Georges Terrace, Perth">St Georges Terrace, Perth</a></figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Subiaco_Football_Club">Subiaco Football Club</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Phil_Matson&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Subiaco Football Club"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>He was selected at centre half-forward in <a href="/wiki/Subiaco_Football_Club#Team_of_the_Century" title="Subiaco Football Club">Subiaco's "Team of the Century"</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="East_Perth_Football_Club">East Perth Football Club</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Phil_Matson&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: East Perth Football Club"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>He was selected as coach of <a href="/wiki/East_Perth_Football_Club#Pre-war_team" title="East Perth Football Club">East Perth's (1906-1944) "Team of the Century"</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Western_Australia_Sesquicentennial">Western Australia Sesquicentennial</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Phil_Matson&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Western Australia Sesquicentennial"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1979 he was honoured with the <a href="/wiki/WAY_%2779#Gallery" class="mw-redirect" title="WAY '79">bronze tablet</a> for 1926, set into the footpath along <a href="/wiki/St_Georges_Terrace,_Perth" class="mw-redirect" title="St Georges Terrace, Perth">St Georges Terrace, Perth</a> as part of the <a href="/wiki/WAY_%2779" class="mw-redirect" title="WAY '79">WAY '79</a> sesquicentennial (150th anniversary) celebrations of the colonisation of <a href="/wiki/History_of_Western_Australia" title="History of Western Australia">Western Australia</a> by Europeans. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Western_Australian_Hall_of_Champions">Western Australian Hall of Champions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Phil_Matson&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Western Australian Hall of Champions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1986, Matson was inducted into the <a href="/wiki/Western_Australian_Institute_of_Sport" title="Western Australian Institute of Sport">Western Australian Institute of Sport</a>'s "<a href="/wiki/Western_Australian_Hall_of_Champions" title="Western Australian Hall of Champions">Western Australian Hall of Champions</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="West_Australian_Football_Hall_of_Fame">West Australian Football Hall of Fame</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Phil_Matson&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: West Australian Football Hall of Fame"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2004 he was an inaugural inductee into the <a href="/wiki/West_Australian_Football_Hall_of_Fame#2004" title="West Australian Football Hall of Fame">WAFL Hall of Fame</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Australian_Football_Hall_of_Fame">Australian Football Hall of Fame</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Phil_Matson&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Australian Football Hall of Fame"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Inducted into the <a href="/wiki/Australian_Football_Hall_of_Fame#Coach_inductees" title="Australian Football Hall of Fame">coaching division of the Australian Football Hall of Fame</a> in 2004, Matson's citation reads:<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Inline_citation#When_you_must_use_inline_citations" title="Wikipedia:Inline citation"><span title="The text near this tag needs a citation. (February 2025)">This quote needs a citation</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>Phil Matson, who is revered in Western Australia as one of that state's greatest ever coaches in much the same way <a href="/wiki/Collingwood_Football_Club" title="Collingwood Football Club">Collingwood</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Jock_McHale" title="Jock McHale">Jock McHale</a> is revered in Victoria.</p></blockquote> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Phil_Matson&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1908_Melbourne_Carnival" title="1908 Melbourne Carnival">1908 Melbourne Carnival</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1911_Adelaide_Carnival" title="1911 Adelaide Carnival">1911 Adelaide Carnival</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1914_Sydney_Carnival" title="1914 Sydney Carnival">1914 Sydney Carnival</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1924_Hobart_Carnival" title="1924 Hobart Carnival">1924 Hobart Carnival</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1927_Melbourne_Carnival" title="1927 Melbourne Carnival">1927 Melbourne Carnival</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australian_Football_Hall_of_Fame" title="Australian Football Hall of Fame">Australian Football Hall of Fame</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Australian_Football_Hall_of_Fame" title="West Australian Football Hall of Fame">West Australian Football Hall of Fame</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_Australian_Hall_of_Champions" title="Western Australian Hall of Champions">Western Australian Hall of Champions</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="General_references">General references</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Phil_Matson&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: General references"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239549316">.mw-parser-output .refbegin{margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul{margin-left:0}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul>li{margin-left:0;padding-left:3.2em;text-indent:-3.2em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents ul,.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents ul li{list-style:none}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul>li{padding-left:1.6em;text-indent:-1.6em}}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .refbegin{font-size:90%}}</style><div class="refbegin refbegin-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em"> <ul><li>Glossop, Matthew (ed), <i>East Perth 1906–1976</i>, Matthew Glossop, (Perth), 1976.</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/matson-phillip-henry-7521">Hunt, Lyall, "Matson, Phillip Henry (1884–1928)", <i>Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 10</i>, 1986.</a></li> <li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFC._T._Stannage1981" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Tom_Stannage" title="Tom Stannage">C. T. Stannage</a>, ed. (1 December 1981). <i>A New History of Western Australia</i>. Nedlands: <a href="/wiki/UWA_Publishing" title="UWA Publishing">UWA Publishing</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-85564-181-9" title="Special:BookSources/0-85564-181-9"><bdi>0-85564-181-9</bdi></a>. <a href="/wiki/LCCN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="LCCN (identifier)">LCCN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://lccn.loc.gov/82101009">82101009</a>. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/963830667">963830667</a>. <a href="/wiki/OL_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OL (identifier)">OL</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://openlibrary.org/books/OL3517729M">3517729M</a>. <a href="/wiki/WDQ_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="WDQ (identifier)">Wikidata</a> <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q125995168" class="extiw" title="d:Q125995168">Q125995168</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=A+New+History+of+Western+Australia&rft.place=Nedlands&rft.pub=UWA+Publishing&rft.date=1981-12-01&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F963830667&rft_id=info%3Alccn%2F82101009&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fopenlibrary.org%2Fbooks%2FOL3517729M%23id-name%3DOL&rft.isbn=0-85564-181-9&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APhil+Matson" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li>Western Australian National Football League, <i>Football 150</i>, Promotional Graphics, (Perth), 1979.</li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Phil_Matson&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article92607778">Personal Items, <i>The Kalgoorlie Miner</i>, (Saturday, 23 January 1915), p.4.</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article204866058">Obituary: Mr. George Matson, <i>The Southern Argus and Wagin-Arthur Express</i>, (Saturday, 30 January 1915), p.5.</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article58584193">Peeps at People, <i>The (Perth) Sunday Times</i>, (Sunday, 31 January 1915), p.20.</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article79485253">Death: Matson, <i>The (Perth) Daily News</i>, (Saturday, 4 August 1928), p.1.</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article49629966">Matson's Early Helper Dies, <i>The West Australian</i>, (Wednesday, 21 April 1954), p.19.</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article148348330">Chats with Stars: Phil Matson of Sooby: First Swimmer, Then Footballer, <i>The Westralian Worker</i>, (Friday, 28 May 1915), p.7.</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article32119876">'Onlooker', "Football: Matson's Early Days: Chance Entry into Football", <i>The West Australian</i>, (Wednesday, 20 June 1928), p.4.</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Matson broke the previous world record for the distance by three and two-fifths of a second; the second place-getter, Trevor Richardson, also broke the previous world record for the distance (by two and two fifths of a second): <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article28839310">Swimming, <i>The West Australian</i>, (Thursday, 20 February 1908), p.5.</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Note that, because the timing was made in units of fifths of a second, Matson's time can not be represented as 3min 10.6secs.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article256614670">'Crawl', "Swimming Notes", <i>The (Fremantle) Evening Mail</i>, (Friday, 28 February 1908), p.4.</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article25718569">'Diver', "Swimming", <i>The West Australian</i>, (Saturday, 21 March 1908), p.14.</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article184270892">Phil Mason's Death, <i>The Sporting Globe</i>, (Wednesday, 20 July 1928), p.9.</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://australianfootball.com/articles/view/The+Royal+mastermind/3290">Carter, Peter (2019), "The Royal mastermind"</a>, at <i>australianfootball.com</i>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article39351520">Gay, Tasman,"Phil Matson is Remembered, <i>The Western Mail</i>, (Thursday, 12 June 1952), p.21.</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article148432936">Famous Footballer Passes: Death of Phil Matson, <i>The Westralian Worker</i>, (Friday, 22 June 1928), p.10.</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article79508653">Mr. Moffatt's Tribute, <i>The (Perth) Daily News</i>, (Thursday, 14 June 1928), p.5.</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article89620161">Sporting, <i>The Kalgoorlie Miner</i>, (Friday, 4 May 1906), p.2.</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article206697143">The Boulder City Football Team, <i>The (Perth) Truth</i>, (Saturday, 5 October 1907), p.8.</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-19">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article33289865">Goldfields Representatives of W.A Football Team. Shortly Visiting the Eastern States, <i>The Kalgoorlie Western Argus</i>, (Tuesday, 28 July 1908), p.25.</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-20">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article197063300">Jubilee of Australian Football — The Inter-State Teams: The Western Australian Team, <i>The Leader</i>, (Saturday, 29 August 1908), p.29.</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-21">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article90656557">Goldfields Football League, <i>The Kalgoorlie Miner</i>, (Tuesday, 30 March 1909), p.8.</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-22">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article211427140">South Australian Team: Interstate Football, <i>The (Adelaide) Critic</i>, (Wednesday, 23 June 1909), p.10.</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-23">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article211427266">The Sturt Team, <i>The (Adelaide) Critic</i>, (Wednesday, 30 June 1909), p.12.</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-24">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article88297805">Interstate Football in Melbourne: The South Australian Football League team, <i>The (Adelaide) Chronicle</i>, (Saturday, 14 August 1909), p.31.</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-25">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article209995253">The Sturt Football Team—Minor Premiers, <i>The (Adelaide) Express and Telegraph</i>, (Friday, 16 September 1910), p.6.</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-26"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-26">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-page8516906">Interstate Football Carnival: Western Australia, <i>The (Adelaide) Chronicle</i>, (Saturday 12 August 1911), p.31</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-27"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-27">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article207419578">Phil Matson (Subiaco F.B.C.), <i>The (Perth) Truth</i>, (Saturday, 7 June 1913), p.12.</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-28"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-28">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article76202574">East Perth Football Club: State Premiers 1920, <i>The (Perth) Mirror</i>, (Saturday, 28 May 1921), p.4.</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-29"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-29">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article76198153">Phil Matson: Champion Footballer and a State Selector, <i>The (Perth) Mirror</i>, (Saturday, 2 July 1921), p.1.</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-30"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-30">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article210614046">"Phil" Matson; Again in Adelaide: Interesting Reminiscences, <i>The (Adelaide) Express and Telegraph</i>, (Thursday, 31 August 1922), p.8.</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-31"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-31">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article210614045">A Champion Retiring, <i>The (Adelaide) Express and Telegraph</i>, (Thursday, 31 August 1922), p.8.</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-32"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-32">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article77755823">Phil Matson: The Man Behind the Team, <i>The (Perth) Mirror</i>, (Saturday, 28 July 1923), p.9.</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-33"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-33">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article37626127">Off to the Tasmanian Football Carnival: Western Australia's Representatives, <i>The Western Mail</i>, (Thursday, 24 July 1924), p.21.</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-34"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-34">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article37999156">Will They Maintain Western Australia's Premiership?: The State's Representatives in the Football Carnival in Melbourne This Month, <i>The Western Mail</i>, (Thursday, 4 Aug 1927), p.6.</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-35"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-35">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article37648374">Football, <i>The Western Mail</i>, (Thursday, 23 April 1925), p.25.</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-36"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-36">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article155659981">Country Matches: Bendigo Grand Final: South Bendigo Win Premiership, <i>The Age</i>, (Monday, 5 October 1925), p.7.</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-37"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-37">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2147652">Bendigo Matches: South Bendigo Premiers, <i>The Argus</i>, (Monday, 5 October 1925), p.17.</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-38"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-38">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article223310291">'Half-Forward', "In the Presence of 12,000 Spectators, South Bendigo Win Premiership of Bendigo League", <i>The Weekly Times</i>, (Saturday, 10 October 1925), p.88.</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-39"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-39">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article140721918">Bendigo League Premiership Won by South Bendigo, <i>The Australasian</i>, (Saturday, 10 October 1925), p.37.</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-40"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-40">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article244056683">'Kickeroo', "Football Coaches; Phil Matson for Richmond", <i>The Herald</i>, (Wednesday, 3 March 1926), p.8.</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-41"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-41">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article129763488">Matson Refused Clearance: May Return to Perth, <i>The (Adelaide) News</i>, (Thursday, 8 April 1926), p.9.</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-42"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-42">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">As Geelong would do later with <a href="/wiki/George_Goninon" title="George Goninon">George Goninon</a>, when they dropped him (the club's leading goal-kicker) before the 1953 Grand Final, on the grounds that they had become aware of his adultery — see: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/dumped-for-adultery/news-story/f546c8619787569e1c0198860cea6bfd">Piesse, Ken, "Stray Cat lifts lid on Grand Final dumping", <i>Sunday Herald Sun</i>, (Sunday, 23 September 2007)</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-43"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-43">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article83395047">Phil Matson Returns to the West: Clearance for Richmond Refused by Vic. League: "Hottest Thing Ever", <i>The (Perth) Daily News</i>, (Monday, 12 April 1926, p.1.</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-44"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-44">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article32118682">Deaths: Matson, <i>The West Australian</i>, (Friday, 15 June 1928), p.1.</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-45"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-45">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article148432767"><i>The Westralian Worker</i>, (Friday, 15 June 1928), p.16.</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-46"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-46">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article76407647">Phil Matson's Tragic Death, <i>The (Perth) Mirror</i>, (Saturday, 16 June 1928), p.4.</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-47"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-47">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article32129566">Philip Matson's Death,: Truck Driver's Negligence, <i>The West Australian</i>, (Tuesday, 31 July 1928), p.9.</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-48"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-48">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article39351520">Gay, Tasman, "Phil Matson is Remembered: Star footballer and outstanding football personality, his accidental death was a great blow to his many friends and admirers", <i>The Westen Mail</i>, (Thursday, 12 June 1952), p.21.</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-49"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-49">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article32119793">Bereavement Notices, <i>The West Australian</i>, (Wednesday, 20 June 1928), p.1.</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-50"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-50">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article32216435">Public Notices: Re the Late Philip H. Matson, <i>The West Australian</i>, (Saturday, 18 August 1928), p.13.</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-51"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-51">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article32119046">The Late Mr. P. Matson: Burial at Karrakatta, <i>The West Australian</i>, (Saturday, 16 June 1928), p.22.</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-52"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-52">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article76407645">The Last Tribute: A Scene from Yesterday's Funeral (of Phil Matson), <i>The (Perth) Mirror</i>, (Saturday, 16 June 1928), p.4.</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-53"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-53">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article59482094">No Headstone for Phil Matson, <i>The (Perth) Sunday Times</i>, (Sunday, 13 June 1948), p.6.</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-54"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-54">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article43772298">Harry Kneebone's World of Sport: Unmarked, <i>The (Adelaide) Advertiser</i>, (Friday, 25 June 1948), p.8.</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-55"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-55">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://wais.org.au/other/hoc_detail.php?id=65">WA Hall of Champions: Phil Matson.</a></span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Phil_Matson&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://australianfootball.com/players/player/phil+matson/652">Phil Matson</a> at AustralianFootball.com</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" 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href="/wiki/Haydn_Bunton_Jr." title="Haydn Bunton Jr.">Bunton Jr</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1973–1974: <a href="/wiki/Ross_G._Smith" class="mw-redirect" title="Ross G. 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href="/w/index.php?title=Brian_Fairclough&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Brian Fairclough (page does not exist)">Fairclough</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1984–1992: <a href="/wiki/Haydn_Bunton_Jr." title="Haydn Bunton Jr.">Bunton Jr</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1993–1994: <a href="/wiki/Tony_Solin" title="Tony Solin">Solin</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1995–1996: <a href="/wiki/Gary_Buckenara" title="Gary Buckenara">Buckenara</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1997–1998: <a href="/wiki/Peter_Thorne_(Australian_footballer)" title="Peter Thorne (Australian footballer)">Thorne</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1999–2002: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Kevan_Sparks&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kevan Sparks (page does not exist)">Sparks</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2003–2006: <a href="/wiki/Peter_German" title="Peter German">German</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2007–2009: <a href="/wiki/Scott_Watters" 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