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KEY FACTS

Official name
Box Hill Football Club

Known as
Box Hill

Nickname
Hawks (formerly Mustangs)

Formed
1936

Colours
Brown and gold

Associated clubs
Hawthorn; Box Hill Reserves; Box Hill WFC

Affiliation (Current)
Victorian Football League (VFL) 1996–2025

Affiliation (Historical)
Victorian Football Association (VFA) 1951–1995

Home Ground
Box Hill City Oval

VFL Premierships
2001, 2013, 2018 (3 total)

VFA Premierships
Second Division - 1984, 1986 (2 total)

Most Games
180 - Jack Wright (1951-1961)

Championships and Trophies
Liston Trophy - D.Brown 1960; D.Beasy 1961; S.Mitchell 2002; M.Hallahan 2013; A.Woodward 2014 (5 total); Field Trophy - G.Bryant 1973, 1975; P.Nicholson 1984 (2 winners/3 wins)

Headquarters
Whitehorse Rd, Box Hill, VIC 3128

Postal Address
PO Box 143, Box Hill, VIC, 3128

Phone: (03) 9890 9442 

Email
admin@boxhillhawks.com.au

Website
boxhillhawks.com.au

President
E.C. Miechel

Box Hill



"...early promise was not built upon, however, and when the VFA introduced a second division in 1961 it was there that the Mustangs found themselves, and indeed would remain for more than two decades"

John Devaney surveys the history of the Box Hill Football Club.

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1955 Season (VFA) Fixture

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Box Hill's 1955 Fixture

Rnd
H&A
Club
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
S
R
Opponent
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
S
Mgn
Grd
Date
SC
1 A Box Hill 4.36.58.119.12 66 LOST Port Melbourne 3.36.79.717.11 113 -47 NPO Apr 16 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
2 H Box Hill 4.36.77.1011.11 77 LOST Moorabbin (Original) 3.58.914.1521.20 146 -69 BOX Apr 23 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
3 A Box Hill 1.25.49.811.10 76 LOST Brunswick 2.36.913.1416.17 113 -37 BWP Apr 30 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
4 H Box Hill 6.69.811.1114.12 96 WON Camberwell 2.25.36.58.6 54 42 BOX May 7 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
5 A Box Hill 3.64.79.1212.14 86 WON Brighton 1.23.65.77.10 52 34 ELS May 14 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
6 H Box Hill 2.44.96.1110.13 73 WON Yarraville 1.32.85.106.11 47 26 BOX May 21 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
7 A Box Hill 0.51.83.107.11 53 LOST Northcote 1.53.76.910.13 73 -20 NOR May 28 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
8 H Box Hill 4.36.106.138.16 64 LOST Prahran 4.34.710.1015.10 100 -36 BOX Jun 4 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
9 A Box Hill 1.35.79.1217.15 117 WON Oakleigh 4.57.67.910.10 70 47 WAR Jun 11 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
10 H Box Hill 2.05.29.511.6 72 WON Coburg 6.27.38.310.4 64 8 BOX Jun 18 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
11 H Box Hill 1.62.67.68.9 57 LOST Williamstown 2.15.36.49.5 59 -2 BOX Jun 25 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
12 A Box Hill 4.47.512.1418.14 122 WON Sandringham 6.47.98.1112.16 88 34 BRO Jul 2 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
13 H Box Hill 0.14.35.59.10 64 LOST Preston 6.411.513.815.10 100 -36 BOX Jul 9 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
14 A Box Hill 1.14.46.511.8 74 WON Moorabbin (Original) 6.28.411.611.6 72 2 MOO Jul 16 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
15 H Box Hill 3.14.26.36.4 40 LOST Brunswick 2.55.77.1011.10 76 -36 BOX Jul 23 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
16 A Box Hill 1.14.65.77.9 51 WON Camberwell 0.30.51.63.9 27 24 CBW Jul 30 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
17 H Box Hill 0.22.66.612.13 85 WON Brighton 3.13.15.36.3 39 46 BOX Aug 6 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
18 A Box Hill 7.38.311.712.9 81 LOST Yarraville 2.28.510.1213.15 93 -12 YAR Aug 13 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
19 H Box Hill 6.08.09.39.5 59 WON Northcote 1.15.45.87.10 52 7 BOX Aug 20 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
20 A Box Hill 2.53.65.96.12 48 LOST Williamstown 3.211.615.918.13 121 -73 WCG Aug 27 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
 

Footnotes

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