Players included Banks, Barnes, Bennetts, Beaumont, F. Bowman, S. Bowman, O. Carr, Clem Carr, F. Cayley, Cassidy, Comber, Condon, Driver, Edgar, Featherstone, Findlay, Frood, Green, Hams, Harris, A. Hart, Haw, Hope, Howe, Horton, Johnson, Jones, Kennedy, Keyhoe, Langley, Langwell, Latham, Little, London, Long, Marr, McConville, McCrae, McDonald, Roy McDougall, Meade, Moodie, More, Ogden, Power, Alec Proudfoot, Roberts, Dick Saunders, Schafer, Silveria, Streeter, Wartman, Herbert White, V. Whiteley, Young. Emergencies - Emg: Goldsworthy, Condon, Bennetts
Matches
Practice Match - Saturday 13 April
Sunshine 8.8.56 d. Melbourne 6.12
Round 1 - Saturday 27 April
South Melbourne 11.2 d. Melbourne 9.7
Goals - Power 4, Haw 3, Hope 1, Proudfoot 1
Best - Meade, Green, Moodie
B: McDougall, Young, Streeter
HB: Green, O. Carr, Ogden
C: Driver, V. Whiteley, Wartman
HF: Jones, Cassidy, Langwell
F: Moodie, Hope, Proudfoot
Foll: Beaumont, Haw, Cayley
Round 2 - Saturday 4 May
Melbourne 8.8.56 d. Geelong 6.16.52
Round 3 - Saturday 11 May
Melbourne 12.18.90 d. Fitzroy 11.17.83
Goals - London 4, McConville 2, Bowman 1, Carr 1, Cayley 1, Haw 1, Jones 1, Little 1
Best - Barnes, McConville, Haw
Also played - Beaumont, Meade, Proudfoot.
Round 4 - Saturday 18 May
North Melbourne 11.12 d. Melbourne 11.5
Goals - McCrae 4, Jones 3, Langwell 1, Beaumont 1, Coomber 1, Kennedy 1
Best - Kennedy, Barnes, Young
Selected team
B: Latham, F. Bowman, Streeter
HB: Ogden, Carr, Barnes
C: Driver, Green, Meade
HF: Jones, Proudfoot, Langwell
F: Kennedy, McCrae, McConville
Foll: Beaumont, S. Bowman, Comber
Round 5 - Saturday 25 May
Melbourne 12.12 d. Footscray 10.12
Goals - Jones 4, Unknown 8
Selected team
B: Latham, Young, Little
HB: Langley, Streeter, More
C: Driver, Meade, Horton
HF: Jones, Power, Banks
F: Proudfoot, Hope, Featherstone
Foll: Beaumont, Moodie, Cayley
Round 6 - Saturday 1 June
St Kilda 8.14.62 d. Melbourne 6.16.52
Round 7 - Saturday 15 June
Collingwood 14.17.101 d. Melbourne 12.12.84
Round 8 - Saturday 22 June
Carlton 9.11.65 d. Melbourne 6.14.50
Selected team
B: Latham, Young, Streeter
HB: Ogden. S. Bowman, Carr
C: Keyhoe, Jones, Driver
HF: Banks, Proudfoot, Johnson
F: Kennedy, Power, Comber
Foll: Beaumont, More, White
Round 9 - Saturday 29 June
Essendon 19.18.132 d. Melbourne 9.12.66
Selected team
B: Latham, Young, Streeter
HB: Green, Bowman, Carr
C: Keyhoe, Kennedy, Cayley
HF: Long, Proudfoot, Banks
F: Comber, Power, McConville
Foll: Beaumont, Moodie, White
Round 10 - Saturday 6 July
Richmond 18.10.88 d. Melbourne 9.14.68
Selected team
B: Latham, Young, Streeter
HB: Bowman, Carr, Power
C: Keyhoe, Long, Kennedy
HF: Comber, Harris, Banks
F: Findlay, Frood, McConville
Foll: Beaumont, Moodie, White
Round 11 - Saturday 13 July
Melbourne 11.10.76 d. Hawthorn 6.12.48
Selected team
B: Latham, Young, Streeter
HB: Bowman, Power, Beaumont
C: Keyhoe, Long, Kennedy
HF: Banks, Proudfoot, Harris
F: More, Frood, Comber
Foll: Carr, Moodie, White
Emg: Cayley, Goldsworthy, Condon, Findlay, Edgar, Bennetts
Round 12 - Saturday 20 July
South Melbourne 24.21.165 d. Melbourne 13.14.92
Goals - Frood 9, Unknown 4
Best - Green, Power, White
Selected side (from) (some names obscured)
White, Latham, Streeter, Green, Young, Power, Frood, Cayley, Proudfoot, Carr, Bowman, Findlay, More, Keyhoe, Long, Harris, Bennetts, Comber, Beaumont, Kennedy, Little
Round 13 - Saturday 27 July
Geelong 16.25.121 d. Melbourne 4.4.28
Best - Bowman, Proudfoot, Kennedy
Selected side
B: Latham, Streeter, Edgar
HB: Young, Power, Beaumont
C: Keyhoe, Silveria, Cayley
HF: Harris, Proudfoot, Banks
F: Findlay, Frood, Comber
Foll: Bowman, More, Kennedy
Round 14 - Saturday 3 August
Fitzroy 11.19.85 d. Melbourne 11.9.75
Goals - Frood 4, Kennedy 3, Long 1, More 1, Hams 1, Comber 1
Best - Long, Moodie, Comber
'"Selected side'' (from):
Barnes, Power, Young, Little, Cayley, Long, Edgar, Johnson, Driver, Keyhoe, Condon, Comber, Cassidy, More, Frood, Kennedy, Beaumont, Bowman, McConville, Bennetts, Roberts
Round 15 - Saturday 10 August
Melbourne 10.13.73 led North Melbourne 3.10.22 at three quarter time
Round 16 - Saturday 17 August
Footscray 13.12.90 d. Melbourne 13.10.88
Goals - Frood 5, McConville 4, Finley 3, Beaumont 1
Best - Keyhoe, McConville, Barnes
Also played - Carr, Long, Frood, Comber
Round 17 - Saturday 24 August
Melbourne 15.7.97 d. St Kilda 4.12.37
Goals - Frood 4, Findlay 3, Comber 3, Jones 2, Little 2, Harris 1
Best - Driver, Findlay, Keyhoe
Selected side (from):
Streeter, Latham, Johnson, Power, Carr, Keyhoe, Long, Driver, Jones, Findlay, Frood, Comber, Beaumont, Bowman, McConville, Cayley, Howe, Kennedy, Bennetts, Hart, Schafer, Little, Condon, Roberts
Round 18 - Saturday 31 August
Collingwood 10.19.79 d. Melbourne 3.8.26
Ladder
Team | Points | |
Richmond | 64 | |
Essendon | 56 | |
Geelong | 52 | |
South Melbourne | 52 | |
Fitzroy | 36 | |
Carlton | 36 | |
Collingwood | 30 | |
Footscray | 28 | |
Melbourne | 24 | |
North Melbourne | 24 | |
St Kilda | 20 | |
Hawthorn | 10 |
Notes
O. Carr is not Clem Carr. Hams/Harris may be the same people. Howe may be Jack Haw. Round 17 - St Kilda also shown as 4.13
Media
Sporting Globe - 01/06/1929, 04/09/1929