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KEY FACTS

Official name
Melbourne High School Old Boys Football Club

Known as
MHSOB

Formed
1907

Colours
Maroon, black and green

Emblem
Unicorns

Affiliation (Current)
Victorian Amateur Football Association (VAFA) 1929–2025

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

MHSOB



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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2017 Season (VAFA Division 2) Fixture

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MHSOB's 2017 Fixture

Rnd
H&A
Club
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
S
R
Opponent
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
S
Mgn
Grd
Date
SC
1 H MHSOB 3.27.612.616.9 105 WON Old Paradians 2.42.76.86.10 46 59 MHS Apr 8 (Sat, 2:00) Scores
2 A MHSOB 1.32.102.134.16 40 LOST Yarra Old Grammarians 1.22.45.47.7 49 -9 DON Apr 22 (Sat, 2:00) Scores
3 H MHSOB 3.43.77.1010.15 75 LOST Wattle Park AFC 3.45.69.911.10 76 -1 MHS Apr 29 (Sat, 2:00) Scores
4 A MHSOB 3.23.53.76.9 45 LOST West Brunswick Amateurs 1.02.34.76.10 46 -1 RAN May 6 (Sat, 2:00) Scores
5 A MHSOB 2.04.26.37.5 47 LOST Prahran Assumption 4.46.57.89.14 68 -21 TOO May 13 (Sat, 2:00) Scores
6 H MHSOB 0.24.36.78.15 63 LOST Bulleen Templestowe 5.29.514.714.10 94 -31 MHS May 20 (Sat, 2:00) Scores
7 A MHSOB 4.45.78.1012.12 84 WON Old Eltham Collegians 3.25.37.311.4 70 14 ELT May 27 (Sat, 2:00) Scores
8 H MHSOB 9.013.416.818.11 119 WON Glen Eira AFC 3.36.612.614.9 93 26 MHS Jun 3 (Sat, 2:00) Scores
9 H MHSOB 3.25.58.615.7 97 WON Hawthorn Amateurs 2.65.106.129.15 69 28 MHS Jun 17 (Sat, 2:00) Scores
10 A MHSOB 6.310.312.617.9 111 WON Wattle Park AFC 3.05.310.610.6 66 45 BEN Jun 24 (Sat, 2:00) Scores
11 A MHSOB 2.34.45.87.9 51 LOST Old Paradians 3.25.49.813.9 87 -36 GAR Jul 1 (Sat, 2:00) Scores
12 H MHSOB 5.37.511.1014.13 97 WON West Brunswick Amateurs 1.54.710.912.11 83 14 MHS Jul 15 (Sat, 2:00) Scores
13 H MHSOB 1.04.28.311.9 75 WON Yarra Old Grammarians 2.32.63.94.10 34 41 MHS Jul 22 (Sat, 2:00) Scores
14 A MHSOB 5.37.78.712.9 81 WON Bulleen Templestowe 3.23.67.119.14 68 13 TAR Jul 29 (Sat, 2:00) Scores
15 H MHSOB 6.89.819.1419.14 128 WON Old Eltham Collegians 1.22.67.117.11 53 75 MHS Aug 5 (Sat, 2:00) Scores
16 A MHSOB 3.810.1019.1524.18 162 WON Hawthorn Amateurs 2.36.68.612.7 79 83 RAT Aug 12 (Sat, 2:00) Scores
17 A MHSOB 2.25.56.97.11 53 LOST Glen Eira AFC 4.37.48.811.12 78 -25 PAC Aug 19 (Sat, 2:00) Scores
18 H MHSOB 2.25.310.511.8 74 WON Prahran Assumption 4.26.27.69.8 62 12 MHS Aug 26 (Sat, 2:00) Scores
1SF H MHSOB 1.02.32.86.11 47 LOST Old Paradians 2.13.57.77.8 50 -3 TBO Sep 3 (Sun, 2:00) Scores
 

Footnotes

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