Sam Kerridge

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title: "Sam Kerridge" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["1993-births", "living-people", "adelaide-football-club-players", "sturt-football-club-players", "bendigo-pioneers-players", "australian-rules-footballers-from-mildura", "adelaide-football-club-(sanfl)-players", "carlton-football-club-players", "preston-football-club-players", "21st-century-australian-sportsmen", "australian-people-of-chinese-descent", "sportspeople-of-chinese-descent"] description: "Australian rules footballer (born 1993)" topic_path: "technology/web" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Kerridge" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Australian rules footballer (born 1993) ::

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Field	Value
name	Sam Kerridge
image	Sam Kerridge 2018.5.jpg
caption	Kerridge playing for Carlton in April 2018
fullname	Sam Kerridge
nickname	Kedge
birth_date
birth_place	Mildura, Victoria
originalteam	Mildura (SFL)
Bendigo Pioneers (TAC Cup)
draftpick	No. 27, 2011 National Draft,
debutdate	Round 3, 2012
debutteam
debutopponent
debutstadium	MCG
height	188 cm
weight	85 kg
position	Midfielder, tagger, small forward
years1	2012–2015
club1
games_goals1	27 (23)
years2	2016–2018
club2
games_goals2	42 (12)
games_goalstotal	69 (35)
statsend	2018
careerhighlights	*2013 AFL Rising Star nominee
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| name = Sam Kerridge | image = Sam Kerridge 2018.5.jpg | caption = Kerridge playing for Carlton in April 2018 | fullname = Sam Kerridge | nickname = Kedge | birth_date = | birth_place = Mildura, Victoria | death_date = | death_place = | originalteam = Mildura (SFL) Bendigo Pioneers (TAC Cup) | draftpick = No. 27, 2011 National Draft, | debutdate = Round 3, 2012 | debutteam = | debutopponent = | debutstadium = MCG | height = 188 cm | weight = 85 kg | position = Midfielder, tagger, small forward | years1 = 2012–2015 | club1 = | games_goals1 = 27 (23) | years2 = 2016–2018 | club2 = | games_goals2 = 42 (12) | games_goalstotal = 69 (35) | statsend = 2018 | careerhighlights = *2013 AFL Rising Star nominee Sam Kerridge (born 26 April 1993) is a former professional Australian rules football player who played for the Adelaide and Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was recruited with pick 27 in the 2011 National Draft.

AFL career

Kerridge made his AFL debut in Round 3, 2012, against , starting as the substitute, and did not play another game in a successful year for the side. In 2013, Kerridge played 11 games and established himself as one of Adelaide's main taggers, nullifying the impact of key opposition players including Chris Judd, Ryan Griffen and Grant Birchall. He also showed promise as an offensive player, most notable against in round 9 where he helped the Crows claim a thrilling come from behind win with 6 goals and 24 disposals, for which he was awarded an AFL Rising Star nomination.

Kerridge played 14 games in 2014 either side of a mid-season foot injury. He continued to rotate between tagging duties (in the absence of regular tagger Nathan van Berlo) and an opportunist small forward role. His best performance was against once more, in round 13, when he kicked four goals.

In October 2015, Kerridge was traded to the Carlton Football Club along with pick 28 in exchange for Troy Menzel. He immediately found a regular place in the Carlton midfield, playing all but one game for the season and finishing tenth in the best and fairest.

Statistics

|- style="background:#eaeaea;" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2012 | style="text-align:center" | | 29 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 3.0 || 3.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2013 | style="text-align:center" | | 29 || 11 || 13 || 5 || 82 || 79 || 161 || 55 || 31 || 1.2 || 0.5 || 7.5 || 7.2 || 14.6 || 5.0 || 2.8 |- style="background:#eaeaea;" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2014 | style="text-align:center" | | 17 || 14 || 10 || 1 || 72 || 84 || 156 || 33 || 52 || 0.7 || 0.1 || 5.1 || 6.0 || 11.1 || 2.4 || 3.7 |- class="sortbottom" ! colspan=3| Career ! 26 ! 23 ! 6 ! 154 ! 166 ! 320 ! 88 ! 83 ! 0.9 ! 0.2 ! 5.9 ! 6.4 ! 12.3 ! 3.4 ! 3.2 |}

Personal life

Patrick Skene reported that Sam Kerridge has Chinese ancestry. Kerridge is a descendant of John Ai Egge, who came to Australia from Shanghai in 1852.

References

References

1. Milbank, Zac. (November 29, 2011). "Sam Kerridge wants instant Crows call-up". Adelaide Now.
2. Capel, Andrew. (9 May 2013). "Shadow man Sam Kerridge tags in for Adelaide Crows". The Advertiser.
3. (28 May 2013). "Kerridge wins Rising Star nomination".
4. "Sam Kerridge - AFC.com.au".
5. (21 October 2015). "Menzel to Crows as Carlton nabs midfielder and a pick". Australian Football League.
6. Danielle Balales. (21 September 2016). "Season review: Sam Kerridge". Carlton Football Club.
7. "Sam Kerridge statistics". AFL Tables.
8. (2023-07-07). "'An amazing untold story': How Chinese-Australians on the goldfields changed Aussie Rules football forever".
9. (2023-07-05). "Almanac Book Reviews: ‘Celestial Footy’ – Patrick Skene".

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