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KEY FACTS

Official name
Melbourne High School Old Boys Football Club

Known as
MHSOB

Formed
1907

Colours
Maroon, black and green

Emblem
Unicorns

Affiliation (Current)
Victorian Amateur Football Association (VAFA) 1929–2025

Senior Premierships
B Section - 1946, 1952, 1961 (3 total); C Section/Premier C - 1939, 1960, 2004, 2009 (4 total); D Section - 1937, 1991 (2 total)

Championships and Trophies
JN Woodrow Medal – Ian Turnbull 1962; John ‘Jock’ Nelson 1964 & 1965 (2 medallists/3 medals); GT Moore Medal – W.J. Backhouse 1946; John 'Jock' Nelson 1959 & 1961 (2 medallists/3 medals); LS Zachariah Medal – L.W. Boyd-Gerny 1938; John 'Jock' Nelson 1960; Robert J. Skinner 1994; Matthew J. White 2004 (4 total); LS Pepper Medal – G.S. Todd 1984 (1 total); J Fullerton Medal – Timothy Harper 2015 (1 total)

Website
www.footy.mhsoba.asn.au

MHSOB



Grand Finals
Game records

Although the Melbourne High School Old Boys Football Club did not officially come into being until 1928, a team of former pupils took the field as early as 1907 when it engaged in a match against the school eighteen.

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2024 Season (VAFA Division 2) Fixture

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MHSOB's 2024 Fixture

Rnd H&A Club Q1Q2Q3Q4 S R Opponent Q1Q2Q3Q4 S Mgn Grd Date SC
1 A MHSOB 5.68.810.1011.11 77 LOST Hawthorn Amateurs 2.18.312.1016.15 111 -34 RAT Apr 13 (Sat, 2:00) Scores
2 H MHSOB 3.17.210.613.10 88 LOST South Melbourne Districts 5.59.613.916.12 108 -20 MHS Apr 20 (Sat, 2:00) Scores
3 A MHSOB 5.67.914.1214.15 99 WON Aquinas OC 0.21.65.87.10 52 47 AQU Apr 27 (Sat, 2:00) Scores
4 H MHSOB 3.53.54.74.10 34 LOST Brunswick 10.412.719.1122.16 148 -114 MHS May 4 (Sat, 2:00) Scores
5 A MHSOB 2.37.511.814.10 94 DRAW Elsternwick 1.45.107.1213.16 94 0 ELS May 11 (Sat, 2:00) Scores
6 A MHSOB 2.24.56.78.8 56 LOST Wattle Park AFC 2.54.118.1310.18 78 -22 BEN May 18 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
7 H MHSOB 4.37.511.814.17 101 WON Whitefriars 3.28.511.814.10 94 7 MHS May 25 (Sat, 2:00) Scores
8 H MHSOB 5.212.517.821.16 142 WON Bulleen Templestowe 5.210.515.815.9 99 43 MHS Jun 1 (Sat, 2:00) Scores
9 A MHSOB 0.24.54.65.9 39 LOST South Melbourne Districts 4.26.39.811.10 76 -37 LHO Jun 15 (Sat, 2:00) Scores
10 A MHSOB 2.33.74.124.13 37 WON St. Mary's Salesians 0.22.62.113.15 33 4 FER Jun 22 (Sat, 2:00) Scores
11 H MHSOB 1.21.65.1310.19 79 WON Aquinas OC 4.24.35.66.6 42 37 MHS Jun 29 (Sat, 2:00) Scores
12 H MHSOB 4.37.412.915.10 100 LOST Hawthorn Amateurs 3.29.612.617.12 114 -14 MHS Jul 13 (Sat, 2:00) Scores
13 H MHSOB 1.43.77.89.13 67 WON Wattle Park AFC 0.32.74.106.11 47 20 MHS Jul 20 (Sat, 2:00) Scores
14 A MHSOB 0.13.43.54.9 33 LOST Whitefriars 1.42.67.77.10 52 -19 WHI Jul 27 (Sat, 2:00) Scores
15 H MHSOB 2.13.36.811.11 77 LOST Elsternwick 5.56.813.1116.15 111 -34 MHS Aug 3 (Sat, 2:00) Scores
16 A MHSOB 3.25.56.128.12 60 LOST Bulleen Templestowe 1.52.84.119.15 69 -9 TAR Aug 10 (Sat, 2:00) Scores
17 A MHSOB 1.33.46.69.10 64 LOST Brunswick 1.14.25.511.7 73 -9 AGO Aug 17 (Sat, 2:00) Scores
18 H MHSOB 5.211.415.520.8 128 WON St. Mary's Salesians 4.34.69.713.8 86 42 MHS Aug 24 (Sat, 2:00) Scores
 

Footnotes

* Behinds calculated from the 1965 season on.
+ Score at the end of extra time.