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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 6 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Mar. 31, 2014
Mar. 31, 2015
Mar. 31, 2014
Earnings Per Share Attributable to Matthews' Shareholders [Abstract]        
Net income attributable to Matthews shareholders $ 9,576us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss $ 11,333us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss $ 24,527us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss $ 19,247us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss
Less: dividends and undistributed earnings allocated to participating securities 1us-gaap_ParticipatingSecuritiesDistributedAndUndistributedEarnings 23us-gaap_ParticipatingSecuritiesDistributedAndUndistributedEarnings 5us-gaap_ParticipatingSecuritiesDistributedAndUndistributedEarnings 74us-gaap_ParticipatingSecuritiesDistributedAndUndistributedEarnings
Net income available to Matthews shareholders $ 9,575us-gaap_NetIncomeLossAvailableToCommonStockholdersBasic $ 11,310us-gaap_NetIncomeLossAvailableToCommonStockholdersBasic $ 24,522us-gaap_NetIncomeLossAvailableToCommonStockholdersBasic $ 19,173us-gaap_NetIncomeLossAvailableToCommonStockholdersBasic
Weighted-average shares outstanding [Abstract]        
Basic shares (in shares) 32,970,000us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfSharesOutstandingBasic 27,276,000us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfSharesOutstandingBasic 32,940,000us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfSharesOutstandingBasic 27,193,000us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfSharesOutstandingBasic
Effect of dilutive securities (in shares) 212,000us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberDilutedSharesOutstandingAdjustment 194,000us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberDilutedSharesOutstandingAdjustment 244,000us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberDilutedSharesOutstandingAdjustment 231,000us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberDilutedSharesOutstandingAdjustment
Diluted shares (in shares) 33,182,000us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfDilutedSharesOutstanding 27,470,000us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfDilutedSharesOutstanding 33,184,000us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfDilutedSharesOutstanding 27,424,000us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfDilutedSharesOutstanding
Stock Options [Member]        
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share [Line Items]        
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