History

The Mumbai Schools Sports Association is a sports promoting body, which caters to Sports needs of the school going children of the City of Mumbai where over 400 schools of all denomination are its members.

Sir Dorabji Jamshedji Tata started the Association with the help of a band of few Sports minded Principals of Mumbai City Schools in 1893. The Association which was started with the Tata Athletic Shield (1893) donated by the House of Tatas was formerly known as the Bombay High Schools Athletic Association is now 124 years old and is one of the Oldest Association of it’s kind in the world. This is also the only Association of its kind in the whole of Asia which organizes and conducts tournaments in more than 19 games and disciplines of sports from the grass root level such as Aquatics, Athletics, Badminton, Basketball, Boxing, Carrom, Chess, Cricket, Football, Handball, Hockey, Gymnastics, Judo, Indian Games (Kabaddi, Kho-Kho), Lawn Tennis, Squash Table Tennis, Throwball and Volleyball. These Tournaments are conducted from the tender age of 8 to 16 years, and around 60 thousand students from Std. 1 to Std X participate in the competitions annually.

We feel proud to inform you that Mumbai Schools Sports Association has been organizing some of the tournaments for over a century.

Eknath Solkar takes five wickets, Sunil Gavaskar and Milind Rege score 310 runs partnership in Harris Shield match.

1965

Maratha High School competes with Bharada New High School in Harris Shield final watched by over 2,500 spectators.

1969

Zulfikar Parkar and Ravi Shastri emerge as new finds in cricket.

1976

Chandrakant Pandit identified as a promising cricketer.

1977

Sanjay Manjrekar discovered from I.E.S. English Medium.

1978

Sachin Tendulkar's journey in Harris Shield begins playing for Shardashram Vidyamandir English Medium.

1986

Tendulkar and Vinod Kambli set world record partnership of 664 runs in a Harris Shield match.

1987

100th Annual Inter School Athletics Championships inaugurated by Mr. Milkha Singh.

1993

Don Bosco (Matunga) wins MSSA Inter School Football Tournament.

1993

St. Francis D'Assisi (Borivali) clinches Dr. Anthony Sequeira Cup.

1993

Bombay Boys U-14 secure third place in All India K.D. Singh Babu Hockey Tournament.

1994

Anjuman-I-Islam wins MSSA Inter School Volleyball Tournament U-16 category.

1994

The MSSA Annually organises, the historic Lord Harris Shield Inter School Cricket Tournament for Boys under 16 years, which is India’s longest standing tournament. MSSA also organises the Giles Shield Cricket tournament the symbol of cricketing supremacy amongst Mumbai Schools, in the under -14 age group. The Harris Shield & Giles Shield Cricket Tournaments have been the bedrock of India’s Cricketing establishment. Past and Present Cricketers like Vijay Merchant, Sunil Gavaskar, Dilip Vengsarkar, Sanjay Manjrekar, Sachin Tendulkar, Vinod Kamble, Ajit Agarkar, Wasim Jaffar, Rohit Sharma, Prithiv Shaw and many more have nurtured by playing through these age old tournaments.

Sir Dorabji Jamshedji Tata started the Association with the help of a band of few Sports minded

Principals of Mumbai City Schools in 1893. The Association which was started with the Tata Athletic Shield (1893) donated by the House of Tatas was formerly known as the Bombay High Schools Athletic Association is now 124 years old and is one of the Oldest Association of it’s kind in the world. This is also the only Association of its kind in the whole of Asia which organises and conducts tournaments in more than 19 games and disciplines of sports from the grass root level such as Aquatics, Athletics, Badminton, Basketball, Boxing, Carrom, Chess, Cricket, Football, Handball, Hockey, Gymnastics, Judo, Indian Games (Kabaddi, Kho-Kho), Lawn Tennis, Squash Table Tennis, Throwball and Volleyball. These Tournaments are conducted from the tender age of 8 to 16 years, and around 60 thousand students from Std. 1 to Std X participate in the competitions annually.