P Mathews is remembered at Northcote Park for the kind of contribution that shows up on the scoreboard and in the culture of the club. In 82 games, P Mathews made the most of every season available, building a reputation that outpaced the raw total. 2 premierships puts P Mathews in rare company and speaks to sustained excellence inside strong teams that kept raising the bar. The premiership years — 1977 and 1985 — mark some of the club’s standout eras. P Mathews’s coaching spell (1977-1981 and 1983) is often described as steady hands on the wheel when the club needed them, with a focus on trust. P Mathews’s presidency (1985) is spoken about with gratitude — a period of grounding work that rarely makes headlines. Stories about P Mathews often include the little things: checking on a teammate, helping a junior, or being the first to sweep the sheds after everyone else has left. People remember P Mathews for the small, repeatable plays: the shepherd that frees a runner, the chase that forces an error, the voice that resets structure. P Mathews’s record is a reminder that clubs are built by people who do the work when no one is watching. That’s why the name belongs on the honour roll. Plenty can be read in the statistics, but the respect attached to P Mathews comes from how they carried responsibility in ordinary weeks. That balance — competitiveness with care for people — is why P Mathews is still spoken about with warmth.