Objects of Substance - Mollison Cup

The Interhouse Athletics Aggregate Cup

It is a mystery why Essie Mollison’s name was not engraved on the trophy, that there is no reference to the donor of this trophy, and yet there is the complete understanding and acknowledgement that it is her trophy. Essie returned to Melbourne in 1919 to teach at PLC followed by an impressive lecturing career at the University of Melbourne in Botany and Zoology from 1921 to 1957. Did she donate the trophy after leaving Girls Grammar? Or was the trophy created by the BGGS Sports Club and named in her honour as the first QGSSSA Athletics co-ordinator? It is a mystery which, until more evidence comes to light, we cannot unravel.