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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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2025 Season (VAFA Division 2) Fixture

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MHSOB's 2025 Fixture

Rnd
H&A
Club
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
S
R
Opponent
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
S
Mgn
Grd
Date
SC
1 A MHSOB 3.36.88.1011.13 79 LOST Hawthorn Amateurs 3.45.87.1511.17 83 -4 RAT Apr 5 (Sat, 2:00) Scores
2 H MHSOB        vs Canterbury          MHS Apr 12 (Sat, 2:00)  
3 H MHSOB 3.45.612.914.9 93 WON West Brunswick Amateurs 2.27.29.412.9 81 12 MHS Apr 26 (Sat, 2:00) Scores
4 A MHSOB        vs St. Mary's Salesians          FRE May 3 (Sat, 2:00)  
5 A MHSOB        vs St. John's OC          TCR May 10 (Sat, 2:00)  
6 H MHSOB        vs Aquinas OC          MHS May 17 (Sat, 2:00)  
7 A MHSOB        vs Old Yarra Cobras          KOO May 24 (Sat, 2:00)  
8 A MHSOB        vs Whitefriars          WHI May 31 (Sat, 2:00)  
9 H MHSOB        vs South Melbourne Districts          MHS Jun 14 (Sat, 2:00)  
10 A MHSOB        vs Canterbury          CNB Jun 21 (Sat, 2:00)  
11 H MHSOB        vs Hawthorn Amateurs          MHS Jun 28 (Sat, 2:00)  
12 A MHSOB        vs West Brunswick Amateurs          RAN Jul 5 (Sat, 2:00)  
13 A MHSOB        vs Aquinas OC          AQU Jul 19 (Sat, 2:00)  
14 H MHSOB        vs St. Mary's Salesians          MHS Jul 26 (Sat, 2:00)  
15 H MHSOB        vs Whitefriars          MHS Aug 2 (Sat, 2:00)  
16 A MHSOB        vs South Melbourne Districts          LHO Aug 9 (Sat, 2:00)  
17 H MHSOB        vs St. John's OC          MHS Aug 16 (Sat, 2:00)  
18 H MHSOB        vs Old Yarra Cobras          MHS Aug 23 (Sat, 2:00)  
 

Footnotes

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