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Matthew Bate (born 24 May 1987) is an Australian rules footballer and former player for the Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). At the conclusion of the 2012 AFL season he was delisted by the Melbourne Football Club and subsequently drafted to the Essendon Football Club’s reserve side in the Victorian Football League (VFL).Bate plays as a tall forward or midfielder. He won the Morrish Medal as best player in the TAC Cup in 2004.