Coach: n/a
Captain: Frank Langley
Finishing Position: 8th (last)
Best and Fairest: n/a
Leading Goalkicker: Harry Cordner (16)
Best First Year Player: n/a
| Matches | Ladder | Playing list | |||
Speaking at the club's annual meeting, the chairman of the MCC Mr. W McBean reiterated the club's commitment to operating as a fully amateur side who fielded players that were in it for the love of the game rather than cash payment. The league was still officially amateur but other clubs were making side-payments to players, and Melbourne's refusal to join in saw them drop to the bottom of the ladder for the first time despite winning two of their first three games.
Before the season Melbourne proposed players wear numbers so they could be better identified by spectators but the idea was not adopted by other clubs.
A proposed mid-season trip to Rutherglen did not occur, with the team visiting Gippsland instead.
Practice matches
| Opposition | Result | Score | |||
| Caulfield | ? | ||||
| Richmond | ? | ||||
| Essendon Association | WIN | 125-19 | |||
Premiership season
| Round | Opposition | Result | Score | ||
| 1 | St. Kilda | WIN | 62-46 | ||
| 2 | South Melbourne | LOSS | 67-73 | ||
| 3 | Essendon | WIN | 62-39 | ||
| 4 | Collingwood | LOSS | 31-46 | ||
| 5 | Fitzroy | LOSS | 30-38 | ||
| 6 | Carlton | LOSS | 38-41 | ||
| 7 | Geelong | LOSS | 54-56 | ||
| 8 | St. Kilda | LOSS | 51-54 | ||
| 9 | South Melbourne | LOSS | 26-58 | ||
| 10 | Essendon | LOSS | 41-65 | ||
| 11 | Collingwood | LOSS | 41-74 | ||
| 12 | Fitzroy | LOSS | 18-37 | ||
| 13 | Carlton | LOSS | 20-82 | ||
| 14 | Geelong | WIN | 90-55 | ||
| 15 | South Melbourne | LOSS | 40-89 | ||
| 16 | Collingwood | LOSS | 27-60 | ||
| 17 | Carlton | LOSS | 38-125 | ||
Ladder
| W | D | L | % | P | |
| Collingwood | 15 | 0 | 2 | 175.0 | 60 |
| Fitzroy | 12 | 1 | 4 | 135.4 | 50 |
| Carlton | 11 | 0 | 6 | 127.4 | 44 |
| Essendon | 9 | 0 | 8 | 114.4 | 36 |
| South Melbourne | 7 | 1 | 9 | 83.7 | 30 |
| Geelong | 6 | 0 | 11 | 79.0 | 24 |
| St. Kilda | 4 | 0 | 13 | 64.1 | 16 |
| Melbourne | 3 | 0 | 14 | 70.9 | 12 |
Exhibition matches
| Opposition | Result | Score | |||
| Bendigo District | LOSS | 57-74 | |||
| Sale | WIN | 93-42 | |||
| Traralgon District | WIN | 74-37 | |||
| Bairnsdale | WIN | ? | |||
Playing List
| Name | Games | Goals | |||
| Roy Adam | 1 | 0 | |||
| Syd Anderson | 12 | 1 | |||
| Bill Bowe | 15 | 1 | |||
| Frank Brown | 1 | 0 | |||
| Jim Conquest | 13 | 7 | |||
| Harry Cordner | 10 | 16 | |||
| Ted Cordner | 7 | 0 | |||
| Vin Coutie | 17 | 14 | |||
| Ernest Denton | 1 | 0 | |||
| Horrie Drane | 14 | 3 | |||
| Ted Fleming | 1 | 0 | |||
| Jack Gardiner | 12 | 6 | |||
| Vin Gardiner | 2 | 0 | |||
| Corrie Gardner | 2 | 0 | |||
| Mark Gardner | 5 | 0 | |||
| Art Gilchrist | 2 | 0 | |||
| Harry Henderson | 16 | 2 | |||
| Fred Howard | 16 | 0 | |||
| Frank Hurrey | 1 | 0 | |||
| Frank Langley | 8 | 7 | |||
| Jack Leith | 7 | 4 | |||
| Charlie MacKay | 9 | 4 | |||
| Willie Marshall | 1 | 0 | |||
| Don McKellar | 2 | 0 | |||
| Paddy Mills | 13 | 8 | |||
| Les Minto | 1 | 1 | |||
| George Moodie | 8 | 0 | |||
| Bernie Nolan | 15 | 0 | |||
| Alick Ogilvie | 1 | 1 | |||
| Basil Onyons | 1 | 0 | |||
| Harry Parkin | 12 | 0 | |||
| George Peacock | 13 | 4 | |||
| Joe Pearce | 13 | 0 | |||
| Ern Penrose | 1 | 0 | |||
| Hugh Purse | 15 | 11 | |||
| Arthur Sowden | 16 | 2 | |||
| Jack Strong | 6 | 1 | |||
| Jim Trend | 3 | 3 | |||
Notes
A match may have been played in Wangaratta in August, but more likely to have been against Bairnsdale on 17 August.
Media
Argus - 25/02/1905
Bulletin - 15/06/1905
[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/268585803|Rutherglen Sun] - 07/07/1905