Scott Welsh

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Scott Welsh
Personal information
Full name Scott Nathan Welsh
Nickname(s) Welshy
Date of birth (1978-12-07) 7 December 1978 (age 45)
Place of birth Adelaide, South Australia
Original team(s) West Adelaide, Marion Rams
Draft 19th overall, 1995 AFL draft
19th overall, 2007 Pre-Season draft
Height 188 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 89 kg (196 lb)
Position(s) Forward
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
1996–1999 North Melbourne 036 0(30)
2000–2007 Adelaide 129 (270)
2008–2009 Western Bulldogs 040 0(63)
Total205 (363)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2009.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Scott Nathan Welsh (born 7 December 1978) is a former Australian rules footballer who played in the Australian Football League (AFL). He is the nephew of former Glenelg and North Melbourne player Kym Hodgeman, and cousin of former Glenelg and Richmond player Ben Moore.

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Debuting with North Melbourne in 1996 as a 17-year-old, Welsh was seen as a development player who started to get regular game time in 1998. He played in the North Melbourne reserves 1996 Grand Final, which they won against Essendon. Though he was drafted as a half-back flanker, Welsh played with North Melbourne as a forward and was a part of North Melbourne's premiership side in 1999 before, citing homesickness, returning to Adelaide in 2000 to play for Adelaide Football Club.

Welsh played up forward for the Crows and is known for his occasional devastating displays in front of goals, twice scoring eight goals in a match. He was considered one of Adelaide's premier forwards.

In 2005, Welsh booted 58 goals; his best season in terms of goals scored. He also notched up his 100th game with Adelaide in 2004. Though injury problems forced him to miss many games throughout his career (injuries mainly began from 2002 onwards) and he had to wait until Round 19 for his first game for the Crows in 2006.

In 2007 he played his 150th AFL game against Brisbane in round 7. Welsh finished with 49 goals and 20 behinds for the season, topping the Crows goalkicking list for the fourth time. His fourth goal against Hawthorn on 8 September 2007 in the elimination final became his 300th goal in senior AFL football.

On 13 November 2007, Welsh quit the Crows and was placed in the pre-season draft. He was drafted to the Western Bulldogs on 11 December 2007, who used their pick number 4 in the Pre-Season Draft to claim him. Coincidentally, the Western Bulldogs played Adelaide in the first round of the 2008 season.

Welsh announced his retirement at the end of the 2009 season after missing out on the Grand Final with the Bulldogs. The Bulldogs were knocked out in the preliminary finals in two consecutive seasons and he had played in five losing preliminary finals after winning a premiership in 1999.

Post AFL Welsh had a stint at the Encounter Bay Football Club notably leading the goal kicking in 2013 in a premiership year.

Statistics

[1]
Legend
  G  
 Goals
  K  
 Kicks
  D  
 Disposals  
  T  
 Tackles
  B  
 Behinds  
  H  
 Handballs  
  M  
 Marks
SeasonTeamNo.GamesTotalsAverages (per game)
GBKHDMTGBKHDMT
1996 North Melbourne 30100000000.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
1997 North Melbourne 30100101000.00.01.00.01.00.00.0
1998 North Melbourne 3012674926752490.50.64.12.26.32.00.8
1999 Kangaroos 30222461194416357161.10.35.42.07.42.60.7
2000 Adelaide 172247311725422688252.11.47.82.510.34.01.1
2001 Adelaide 171822121404818849291.20.77.82.710.42.71.6
2002 Adelaide 17132981015115238232.20.67.83.911.72.91.8
2003 Adelaide 1710171168198734171.71.16.81.98.73.41.7
2004 Adelaide 171636251213715866402.31.67.62.39.94.12.5
2005 Adelaide 172358271594720697352.51.26.92.09.04.21.5
2006 Adelaide 17612749105937142.01.28.21.79.86.22.3
2007 Adelaide 172149191406820891422.30.96.73.29.94.32.0
2008 Western Bulldogs 2824432518086266124221.81.07.53.611.15.20.9
2009 Western Bulldogs 281620141206318378251.30.97.53.911.44.91.6
Career205363192141955319727832971.80.96.92.79.63.81.4

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