Can I use iTunes Match to restore an iTunes Library on a MacBook?

My son's 8 month old MacBook went horribly wrong on the upgrade to Mountain Lion and needed to be reinstalled from scratch, wiping his iTunes library as well.
His music collection is on his iPhone 4 and I wondered if he subscribes to iTunes Match and 'registers' his iPhone, whether the music stored on it would get uploaded to iCloud and then downloaded to his new iTunes library on his MacBook?
Or is it again just one-way traffic like it is for being unable to get the tracks off his iPhone with Finder?

Have a look at these 2 Links for what you wish to do...
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3141
Recovering your iTunes library from your iPod or iOS device
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3991

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