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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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2018 Season (VAFA Division 2) Fixture

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MHS OB's 2018 Fixture

Rnd H&A Club Q1Q2Q3Q4 S R Opponent Q1Q2Q3Q4 S Mgn Grd Date SC
1 A MHS OB 0.27.412.719.11 125 WON Wattle Park 3.57.79.814.10 94 31 BEN Apr 7 (Sat, 2:00) Scores
2 H MHS OB 1.31.42.46.7 43 LOST Old Paradians 3.127.147.1414.18 102 -59 MHS Apr 14 (Sat, 2:00) Scores
3 A MHS OB 6.410.914.1316.17 113 WON Old Eltham Collegians 4.14.46.66.7 43 70 ELT Apr 21 (Sat, 2:00) Scores
4 H MHS OB 5.45.812.915.11 101 WON Bulleen Templestowe 2.15.49.814.11 95 6 MHS Apr 28 (Sat, 2:00) Scores
5 H MHS OB 3.24.68.79.10 64 LOST UHS-VU 5.27.58.812.10 82 -18 MHS May 5 (Sat, 2:00) Scores
6 A MHS OB 1.12.13.27.4 46 LOST Yarra Old Grammarians 6.312.615.918.13 121 -75 DON May 12 (Sat, 2:00) Scores
7 A MHS OB 3.57.78.1115.13 103 WON St. John's OC 1.24.48.510.9 69 34 TCR May 19 (Sat, 2:00) Scores
8 H MHS OB 6.59.716.1024.14 158 WON Power House 2.24.57.68.8 56 102 MHS May 26 (Sat, 2:00) Scores
9 A MHS OB 0.03.44.85.10 40 LOST Whitefriars 6.67.68.810.11 71 -31 WHI Jun 2 (Sat, 2:00) Scores
10 H MHS OB 7.212.814.1222.16 148 WON Old Eltham Collegians 1.12.24.35.4 34 114 MHS Jun 16 (Sat, 2:00) Scores
11 A MHS OB 4.45.67.710.7 67 WON Bulleen Templestowe 3.26.36.66.8 44 23 TAR Jun 23 (Sat, 2:00) Scores
12 H MHS OB 4.45.610.917.13 115 WON St. John's OC 2.37.411.613.7 85 30 MHS Jun 30 (Sat, 2:00) Scores
13 A MHS OB 0.31.44.96.12 48 LOST Old Paradians 1.45.86.910.14 74 -26 GAR Jul 14 (Sat, 2:00) Scores
14 H MHS OB 2.06.29.312.4 76 LOST Whitefriars 5.29.411.815.14 104 -28 MHS Jul 21 (Sat, 2:00) Scores
15 A MHS OB 3.13.14.34.3 27 LOST UHS-VU 3.28.612.821.13 139 -112 BRE Jul 28 (Sat, 2:00) Scores
16 H MHS OB 5.18.114.315.4 94 LOST Wattle Park 2.26.108.1214.15 99 -5 MHS Aug 4 (Sat, 2:00) Scores
17 A MHS OB 3.46.614.615.7 97 WON Power House 2.37.78.88.17 65 32 RGO Aug 11 (Sat, 2:00) Scores
18 H MHS OB 1.15.56.119.14 68 LOST Yarra Old Grammarians 3.03.29.211.5 71 -3 MHS Aug 18 (Sat, 2:00) Scores
 

Footnotes

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