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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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2019 Season (VAFA Division 2) Fixture

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MHS OB's 2019 Fixture

Rnd H&A Club Q1Q2Q3Q4 S R Opponent Q1Q2Q3Q4 S Mgn Grd Date SC
1 A MHS OB 0.37.58.812.11 83 LOST Bulleen Templestowe 4.49.611.813.12 90 -7 TAR Apr 6 (Sat, 2:00) Scores
2 H MHS OB 2.34.66.107.12 54 LOST Brunswick (VAFA) 5.48.511.524.9 153 -99 MHS Apr 13 (Sat, 2:00) Scores
3 A MHS OB 7.215.721.1327.14 176 WON Hawthorn Amateurs 2.17.18.210.7 67 109 RAT Apr 27 (Sat, 2:00) Scores
4 H MHS OB 0.42.67.78.12 60 LOST Glen Eira 2.56.1010.1412.19 91 -31 MHS May 4 (Sat, 2:00) Scores
5 MHS OB       Bye        
6 H MHS OB 4.37.610.614.8 92 WON Yarra Old Grammarians 1.24.78.139.16 70 22 MHS May 18 (Sat, 2:00) Scores
7 H MHS OB 0.72.107.109.12 66 WON Ivanhoe  2.22.93.105.13 43 23 MHS May 25 (Sat, 2:00) Scores
8 A MHS OB 1.11.53.75.10 40 LOST Whitefriars 4.59.1113.1417.16 118 -78 WHI Jun 1 (Sat, 2:00) Scores
9 H MHS OB 5.29.414.721.9 135 WON Power House 4.17.410.911.11 77 58 MHS Jun 15 (Sat, 2:00) Scores
10 A MHS OB 4.58.1113.1415.16 106 WON Yarra Old Grammarians 4.27.312.316.3 99 7 DON Jun 22 (Sat, 2:00) Scores
11 H MHS OB 2.16.89.1013.13 91 WON Bulleen Templestowe 0.41.76.87.13 55 36 MHS Jun 29 (Sat, 2:00) Scores
12 A MHS OB 3.34.34.74.8 32 LOST Brunswick (VAFA) 0.03.43.65.11 41 -9 AGO Jul 13 (Sat, 2:00) Scores
13 A MHS OB 3.24.34.74.10 34 LOST Power House 0.43.58.78.13 61 -27 RGO Jul 20 (Sat, 2:00) Scores
14 H MHS OB 2.12.52.52.5 17 LOST Whitefriars 1.42.78.1011.16 82 -65 MHS Jul 27 (Sat, 2:00) Scores
15 H MHS OB 2.510.815.1221.12 138 WON Hawthorn Amateurs 3.04.06.18.3 51 87 MHS Aug 3 (Sat, 2:00) Scores
16 A MHS OB 0.02.42.94.13 37 LOST Glen Eira 3.63.98.108.10 58 -21 PAC Aug 10 (Sat, 2:00) Scores
17 MHS OB       Bye        
18 A MHS OB 5.89.1113.1416.18 114 WON Ivanhoe  0.13.43.55.7 37 77 IVA Aug 24 (Sat, 2:00) Scores
1SF A MHS OB 1.33.116.127.15 57 WON Glen Eira 2.44.56.96.9 45 12 TBO Sep 1 (Sun, 2:00) Scores
PF A MHS OB 0.12.22.62.12 24 LOST Brunswick (VAFA) 1.73.89.1311.16 82 -58 GAR Sep 7 (Sat, 2:30) Scores
 

Footnotes

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