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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
J.N. Zigouras

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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1978 Season (VFA Division 2) Fixture

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Box Hill's 1978 Fixture

Rnd
H&A
Club
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
S
R
Opponent
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
S
Mgn
Grd
Date
SC
1 H Box Hill 10.13 73 LOST Camberwell 21.15 141 -68 BOX Apr 9 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
2 A Box Hill 5.411.616.1119.14 128 LOST Northcote 7.211.416.823.17 155 -27 NOR Apr 16 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
3 H Box Hill 3.18.515.917.10 112 LOST Werribee 6.511.914.1320.17 137 -25 BOX Apr 23 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
4 A Box Hill 15.14 104 LOST Williamstown 28.13 181 -77 WCG Apr 30 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
5 H Box Hill 1.34.67.1113.15 93 LOST Oakleigh 5.912.1319.1721.23 149 -56 BOX May 7 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
6 H Box Hill 1.25.69.1213.17 95 LOST Waverley 6.711.1217.1326.17 173 -78 BOX May 14 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
7 A Box Hill 7.512.616.1019.18 132 LOST Frankston 6.116.827.1031.16 202 -70 FRA May 21 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
8 H Box Hill 0.34.89.1117.17 119 DRAW Sunshine 6.49.715.1717.17 119 0 BOX May 28 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
9 A Box Hill 9.10 64 LOST Yarraville 24.17 161 -97 YAR Jun 11 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
10 A Box Hill 7.18 60 LOST Camberwell 23.14 152 -92 CBW Jun 18 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
11 H Box Hill 6.39.109.1512.21 93 LOST Northcote 6.410.818.1623.19 157 -64 BOX Jun 25 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
12 A Box Hill 4.11 35 LOST Werribee 9.15 69 -34 CHI Jul 2 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
13 H Box Hill 25.16 166 WON Williamstown 17.17 119 47 BOX Jul 9 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
14 A Box Hill 1.03.15.87.8 50 LOST Oakleigh 3.610.1014.1122.18 150 -100 WAR Jul 16 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
15 A Box Hill 11.13 79 LOST Waverley 13.9 87 -8 CR2 Jul 23 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
16 H Box Hill 4.65.810.1313.14 92 LOST Frankston 9.118.522.829.13 187 -95 BOX Jul 30 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
17 A Box Hill 13.12 90 LOST Sunshine 19.17 131 -41 SKI Aug 6 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
18 H Box Hill 2.03.15.28.4 52 LOST Yarraville 6.612.1119.1320.16 136 -84 BOX Aug 13 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
 

Footnotes

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