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Earnings Per Share Attributable to Matthews Shareholders (Details)

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Earnings Per Share Attributable to Matthews Shareholders (Details) (USD $)
In Thousands, except Share data, unless otherwise specified
3 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Earnings Per Share Attributable to Matthews Shareholders [Abstract]    
Net income attributable to Matthews shareholders $ 14,951us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss $ 7,914us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss
Less: dividends and undistributed earnings allocated to participating securities 5us-gaap_ParticipatingSecuritiesDistributedAndUndistributedEarnings 41us-gaap_ParticipatingSecuritiesDistributedAndUndistributedEarnings
Net income available to Matthews shareholders $ 14,946us-gaap_NetIncomeLossAvailableToCommonStockholdersBasic $ 7,873us-gaap_NetIncomeLossAvailableToCommonStockholdersBasic
Weighted-average shares outstanding [Abstract]    
Basic shares (in shares) 32,919,000us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfSharesOutstandingBasic 27,125,000us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfSharesOutstandingBasic
Effect of dilutive securities (in shares) 174,000us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberDilutedSharesOutstandingAdjustment 227,000us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberDilutedSharesOutstandingAdjustment
Diluted shares (in shares) 33,093,000us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfDilutedSharesOutstanding 27,352,000us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfDilutedSharesOutstanding
Stock Options [Member]    
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share [Line Items]    
Anti-dilutive securities excluded from computation of earnings per share (in shares) 0us-gaap_AntidilutiveSecuritiesExcludedFromComputationOfEarningsPerShareAmount
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