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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



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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2023 Season (VAFA Division 2) Fixture

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MHS OB's 2023 Fixture

Rnd H&A Club Q1Q2Q3Q4 S R Opponent Q1Q2Q3Q4 S Mgn Grd Date SC
1 A MHS OB 2.23.35.75.10 40 LOST Bulleen Templestowe 3.15.17.410.7 67 -27 TAR Apr 15 (Sat, 2:00) Scores
2 H MHS OB 0.43.65.66.8 44 LOST Parkside Devils 6.07.310.518.10 118 -74 MHS Apr 22 (Sat, 2:00) Scores
3 A MHS OB 3.27.69.613.7 85 WON Aquinas OC 0.40.83.107.12 54 31 AQU Apr 29 (Sat, 2:00) Scores
4 H MHS OB 5.29.411.916.11 107 WON South Melbourne Districts 3.28.58.712.11 83 24 MHS May 6 (Sat, 2:00) Scores
5 A MHS OB 5.28.214.516.10 106 WON St. Mary's Salesians 2.47.513.616.9 105 1 FER May 13 (Sat, 2:00) Scores
6 A MHS OB 1.46.511.913.10 88 WON Whitefriars 5.66.88.1010.11 71 17 WHI May 20 (Sat, 2:00) Scores
7 H MHS OB 3.74.136.159.17 71 LOST Brunswick (VAFA) 1.14.29.412.8 80 -9 MHS May 27 (Sat, 2:00) Scores
8 H MHS OB 3.210.317.618.8 116 DRAW Old Yarra Cobras 3.67.911.1316.20 116 0 MHS Jun 3 (Sat, 2:00) Scores
9 A MHS OB 3.34.47.47.5 47 LOST Old Paradians 0.03.35.59.10 64 -17 GAR Jun 17 (Sat, 2:00) Scores
10 H MHS OB 0.75.136.1910.24 84 WON Aquinas OC 2.23.25.38.4 52 32 MHS Jun 24 (Sat, 2:00) Scores
11 H MHS OB 3.47.810.1115.16 106 WON Bulleen Templestowe 2.32.77.109.11 65 41 MHS Jul 1 (Sat, 2:00) Scores
12 A MHS OB 0.11.11.31.6 12 LOST Parkside Devils 1.14.44.78.9 57 -45 PIT Jul 8 (Sat, 2:00) Scores
13 H MHS OB 1.33.107.1010.15 75 LOST St. Mary's Salesians 3.45.58.811.11 77 -2 MHS Jul 22 (Sat, 2:00) Scores
14 A MHS OB 1.04.45.67.7 49 LOST South Melbourne Districts 3.64.76.127.13 55 -6 LHO Jul 29 (Sat, 2:00) Scores
15 H MHS OB 5.210.616.820.14 134 WON Whitefriars 5.48.414.1016.16 112 22 MHS Aug 5 (Sat, 2:00) Scores
16 A MHS OB 1.42.63.74.8 32 LOST Old Yarra Cobras 3.26.27.612.7 79 -47 KOO Aug 12 (Sat, 2:00) Scores
17 H MHS OB 1.26.58.911.14 80 LOST Old Paradians 5.410.814.918.9 117 -37 MHS Aug 19 (Sat, 2:00) Scores
18 A MHS OB 4.36.88.99.11 65 LOST Brunswick (VAFA) 2.35.68.812.12 84 -19 AGO Aug 26 (Sat, 2:00) Scores
 

Footnotes

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