Matthew John Smith (born 20 November 1973 in

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) is a former

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player from

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, who was a member of the Men's National Hockey Team that won the bronze medal at the

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, Georgia. He played club hockey for the North Coast Raiders.

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* * 1973 births Living people Australian male field hockey players Olympic field hockey players of Australia Field hockey players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Australia 1998 Men's Hockey World Cup players People from Tamworth, New South Wales Olympic medalists in field hockey Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games medallists in field hockey Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia Field hockey players at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Field hockey players at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Sportsmen from New South Wales Field hockey people from New South Wales Medallists at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 2002 Commonwealth Games {{Australia-Olympic-medalist-stub