Captain - Eddie Fox (until August), Joe Wilson (from August)
Vice Captain - Patrick O'Loughlin (until June), Joe Wilson (from June)
Secretary - RH McLeod
Committee - Eddie Fox, Moore, Dave Christie, Farquhar, Murdoch McKenzie
For a side who had been on the verge of going out of business a few short seasons earlier, their relationship with the MCC had seen the Reds take a shortcut to the league's group of top teams. Bailed out by the cricket club five years earlier, they were suddenly described as having practically unlimited influence, financial as well as social with 35 players in their training squad. A newspaper also said they had "the biggest following of barrackers" in the league.
After seven games Melbourne were unbeaten, having kicked 60 goals to 28. They won one more game before being defeated, and were third at the end of the year. In the press they were accused of taking games against poor sides easily and not being up to the big matches.
VFA season
| Date | Opposition | Result | |||||
| May 4 | South Melbourne | WIN | |||||
| May 11 | Collingwood | WIN | |||||
| May 18 | Essendon | WIN | |||||
| May 25 | Footscray | WIN | |||||
| June 15 | North Melbourne | WIN | |||||
| June 22 | Richmond | WIN | |||||
| June 29 | Carlton | WIN | |||||
| July 6 | Williamstown | WIN | |||||
| July 13 | Fitzroy | LOSS | |||||
| July 20 | Port Melbourne | WIN | |||||
| July 27 | Geelong | LOSS | |||||
| August 3 | St. Kilda | WIN | |||||
| August 10 | Essendon | LOSS | |||||
| August 17 | Fitzroy | LOSS | |||||
| August 24 | North Melbourne | WIN | |||||
| August 31 | South Melbourne | WIN | |||||
| September 7 | Geelong | LOSS | |||||
| September 14 | Footscray | WIN | |||||
Other matches
| Date | Opposition | Result | |||||
| 13 April | Richmond City | UNKNOWN | |||||
| 27 April | Austral | WIN | |||||
| 1 June | Norwood | WIN | |||||
| 8 June | Essendon | WIN | |||||
Ladder
| Team | Win | Loss | Draw | For | Against | Points | |
| 1st | Fitzroy | 12 | 1 | 5 | 77 | 47 | 58 |
| 2nd | Geelong | 13 | 5 | 0 | 128 | 62 | 52 |
| 3rd | Melbourne | 13 | 5 | 0 | 102 | 70 | 52 |
| 4th | Collingwood | 12 | 4 | 2 | 83 | 63 | 52 |
| 5th | South Melbourne | 9 | 7 | 2 | 84 | 82 | 40 |
| 6th | Essendon | 8 | 8 | 2 | 91 | 81 | 36 |
| 7th | Port Melbourne | 7 | 8 | 3 | 72 | 87 | 34 |
| 8th | North Melbourne | 7 | 10 | 1 | 64 | 75 | 30 |
| 9th | Footscray | 6 | 11 | 1 | 78 | 93 | 26 |
| 10th | Williamstown | 6 | 11 | 1 | 69 | 87 | 26 |
| 11th | Carlton | 5 | 11 | 2 | 55 | 77 | 24 |
| 12th | Richmond | 4 | 11 | 3 | 80 | 124 | 22 |
| 13th | St. Kilda | 3 | 13 | 2 | 64 | 96 | 16 |
Players
Bill Ahern, Alfred Bedford, J. Bedford, David Christy, W. Cornish, Eddie Fox, Herbert Fry, Frank Girdlestone, Alf Healing, J. Hogan, Harry Hughes, Austin Lewis, Lew Massey, McCaffrey, Jim McCarthy, Bill McCulloch, Fred McGinis, Alex McKenzie, W. Milne, Henry Mitchell, George Moodie, Robert Moore, George Moysey, O'Connor, Patrick O'Dea, George O'Dwyer, James O'Halloran, Patrick O'Loughlin, Mick Roche, Albert Salkeld, William Sharp, Fred Sheahan, Eddie Sholl, W. Smith, Ned Sutton, Archibald Swannie, Eddie Toms, Dick Wardill, Charles Watson, Joe Wilson
Goalkickers
McGinis 16, Roche 16, Girdlestone 13, McCarthy 13, Moysey 7, Christy 6, Moodie 6, Wilson 4, Wardill 3, Hogan 2, McCulloch 2, McKenzie 2, Sholl 2, Smith 2, Bedford 1, Fry 1, Lewis 1, McCaffrey 1, Milne 1, O'Halloran 1, Sutton 1, Swannie 1
Notes
A match may have been played against Brunswick at the Warehouseman's Ground in late April.
Media
Herald - 30/03/1895
Age - 20/05/1895
[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/227717255|Sportsman] - 21/05/1895|Sportsman] - 21/05/1895
Sydney Mail - 25/05/1895
Australasian - 25/05/1895
Age - 27/05/1895
Age - 17/06/1895
Argus - 17/06/1895
Age - 24/06/1895
West Australian 13/07/1895
West Australian 29/07/1895
Age - 05/08/1895