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KEY FACTS

Official name
Melbourne High School Old Boys Football Club

Known as
MHS OB

Formed
1907

Colours
Maroon, black and green

Emblem
Unicorns

Affiliation (Current)
Victorian Amateur Football Association (VAFA) 1929–2024

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

MHS OB



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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2015 Season (VAFA Division 2) Fixture

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MHS OB's 2015 Fixture

Rnd H&A Club Q1Q2Q3Q4 S R Opponent Q1Q2Q3Q4 S Mgn Grd Date SC
1 H MHS OB 3.34.49.711.9 75 LOST St. John's OC 4.68.1012.1617.18 120 -45 MHS Apr 11 (Sat, 2:00) Scores
2 A MHS OB 3.36.1010.1110.19 79 LOST Monash Gryphons 6.47.78.1213.15 93 -14 ECR Apr 18 (Sat, 2:00) Scores
3 H MHS OB 0.16.37.710.9 69 WON Old Paradians 3.54.66.97.11 53 16 MHS Apr 25 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
4 A MHS OB 0.45.76.117.11 53 LOST Old Eltham Collegians 5.19.514.1216.17 113 -60 ELT May 2 (Sat, 2:00) Scores
5 H MHS OB 3.68.78.715.15 105 WON Elsternwick 0.44.77.117.15 57 48 MHS May 9 (Sat, 2:00) Scores
6 A MHS OB 4.17.210.510.7 67 LOST Ivanhoe  3.38.810.1113.14 92 -25 IVA May 16 (Sat, 2:00) Scores
7 A MHS OB 2.29.418.424.9 153 WON South Melbourne Districts 1.33.54.97.11 53 100 LHO May 23 (Sat, 2:00) Scores
8 H MHS OB 2.04.210.715.11 101 WON Northern Blues Amateurs 2.95.137.1510.21 81 20 MHS May 30 (Sat, 2:00) Scores
9 H MHS OB 1.23.35.612.10 82 LOST Richmond Central 3.57.813.1817.20 122 -40 MHS Jun 13 (Sat, 2:00) Scores
10 A MHS OB 1.43.105.126.14 50 LOST Old Paradians 2.16.110.515.5 95 -45 GAR Jun 20 (Sat, 2:00) Scores
11 A MHS OB 1.36.76.810.9 69 LOST St. John's OC 6.38.911.1117.16 118 -49 TCR Jun 27 (Sat, 2:00) Scores
12 H MHS OB 3.66.611.714.10 94 WON Monash Gryphons 3.13.68.710.9 69 25 MHS Jul 4 (Sat, 2:00) Scores
13 H MHS OB 2.15.311.413.7 85 WON Ivanhoe  6.08.110.213.4 82 3 MHS Jul 18 (Sat, 2:00) Scores
14 A MHS OB 6.411.617.1120.13 133 WON Elsternwick 1.01.02.15.4 34 99 ELS Jul 25 (Sat, 2:00) Scores
15 A MHS OB 1.22.45.79.9 63 LOST Northern Blues Amateurs 5.511.715.1021.10 136 -73 WRR Aug 1 (Sat, 2:00) Scores
16 H MHS OB 4.18.29.513.9 87 WON South Melbourne Districts 5.07.210.512.7 79 8 MHS Aug 8 (Sat, 2:00) Scores
17 H MHS OB 4.47.512.815.13 103 LOST Old Eltham Collegians 4.48.914.1521.17 143 -40 MHS Aug 15 (Sat, 2:00) Scores
18 A MHS OB 1.39.613.916.12 108 WON Richmond Central 5.69.710.1113.12 90 18 KBR Aug 22 (Sat, 2:00) Scores
 

Footnotes

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