Coach: Frank Hughes
Captain: Colin Niven
Finishing Position: 6th
Best and Fairest: Allan La Fontaine
Leading Goalkicker: Maurie Gibb (59)
Best First Year Player: Ray Wartman
| Matches | Ladder | Playing list | Seconds | ||
Melbourne began to rebuild their list in 1934, and lost a further 10 players before the new season. They started the year with only five players who had over five years experience, so despite not advancing on the ladder the committee declared the year a success. After debuting 12 players, the club finished with its highest percentage in six years.
A 1-5 start all but ruined their finals chances, but five victories in the next six left them back on the verge of a return to finals. A narrow loss to Richmond in Round 15 ended their hopes. A fighting draw with premiership fancies Collingwood came too late, and their only other win for the year was against wooden spooners North Melbourne.
The club lost £1477/3/8, an improvement of more than £500 from 1934.
Despite finishing fourth the Seconds won their fifth consecutive premiership, and Joe Kinnear won the Gardiner Medal for Best and Fairest in the competition.
At the end of the season, Melbourne proposed that the VFL allow throw passes. Every other club delegate voted against them. The club was more successful with their proposal that the ball be thrown in every time it crossed the boundary line, except when it went out on the full.
Practice matches
| Opposition | Result | Score | |||
| Prahran | WIN | 102-64 | |||
| Camberwell | WIN | 132-46 | |||
Premiership Season
| Round | Opposition | Result | Score | ||
| 1 | Essendon | LOSS | 99-159 | ||
| 2 | Geelong | LOSS | 102-104 | ||
| 3 | Hawthorn | WIN | 109-79 | ||
| 4 | Richmond | LOSS | 92-128 | ||
| 5 | Collingwood | LOSS | 69-98 | ||
| 6 | St. Kilda | LOSS | 103-110 | ||
| 7 | North Melbourne | WIN | 119-59 | ||
| 8 | Carlton | LOSS | 54-66 | ||
| 9 | Footscray | WIN | 39-34 | ||
| 10 | Fitzroy | WIN | 107-88 | ||
| 11 | South Melbourne | LOSS | 78-122 | ||
| 12 | Essendon | WIN | 93-74 | ||
| 13 | Geelong | WIN | 77-49 | ||
| 14 | Hawthorn | WIN | 101-82 | ||
| 15 | Richmond | LOSS | 68-75 | ||
| 16 | Collingwood | DRAW | 79-79 | ||
| 17 | St. Kilda | LOSS | 110-122 | ||
| 18 | North Melbourne | WIN | 102-54 | ||
Exhibition match
| Opposition | Result | Score | |||
| Northern District League | WIN | 123-65 | |||
Ladder
| W | D | L | % | P | |
| South Melbourne | 16 | 0 | 2 | 137.6 | 64 |
| Collingwood | 14 | 2 | 2 | 121.4 | 60 |
| Carlton | 14 | 1 | 3 | 141.6 | 58 |
| Richmond | 12 | 0 | 6 | 117.4 | 48 |
| St. Kilda | 11 | 0 | 7 | 110.6 | 44 |
| Melbourne | 8 | 1 | 9 | 101.2 | 34 |
| Fitzroy | 8 | 1 | 9 | 90.2 | 34 |
| Essendon | 7 | 0 | 11 | 89.6 | 28 |
| Geelong | 6 | 1 | 11 | 96.3 | 26 |
| Hawthorn | 5 | 0 | 13 | 80.9 | 20 |
| Footscray | 2 | 2 | 14 | 73.5 | 12 |
| North Melbourne | 1 | 0 | 17 | 65.1 | 4 |
Playing List
| Player | Games | Goals | |||
| 1 | Gordon Jones | 7 | 1 | ||
| 2 | Colin Niven | 8 | 2 | ||
| 4 | Norm Smith | 3 | 4 | ||
| 5 | Bill Deague | 15 | 1 | ||
| 6 | Archie Roberts | 5 | 0 | ||
| 7 | Bert Taylor | 13 | 5 | ||
| 8 | Rowley Fischer | 15 | 4 | ||
| 9 | Charlie Longhurst | 14 | 0 | ||
| 10 | Jack Bennett | 12 | 11 | ||
| 11 | Sid Meehl | 15 | 1 | ||
| 12 | Jack Mueller | 18 | 16 | ||
| 13 | Les Jones | 18 | 8 | ||
| 14 | Maurie Gibb | 18 | 59 | ||
| 15 | Audley Gillespie-Jones | 2 | 0 | ||
| 15 | Ron Baggott | 7 | 26 | ||
| 16 | Eric Glass | 13 | 21 | ||
| 17 | Allan La Fontaine | 18 | 1 | ||
| 18 | Don Hooper | 8 | 0 | ||
| 20 | Harry Long | 11 | 0 | ||
| 21 | Fred Backway | 2 | 1 | ||
| 22 | Billy Libbis | 11 | 8 | ||
| 22 | Ken Feltscheer | 2 | 0 | ||
| 23 | Ray Wartman | 18 | 18 | ||
| 24 | Percy Beames | 14 | 25 | ||
| 25 | Frank Kelly | 13 | 0 | ||
| 26 | Jack Carr | 2 | 0 | ||
| 27 | Len Smith | 6 | 3 | ||
| 28 | Pat McNamara | 6 | 0 | ||
| 29 | Jock Ball | 8 | 0 | ||
| 30 | Jack Foster | 13 | 8 | ||
| 32 | Gordon Ogden | 17 | 0 | ||
| 33 | Frank Halloran | 3 | 1 | ||
| 35 | Richard Taylor | 3 | 2 | ||
| 35 | Bill Sweeney | 2 | 1 | ||
| 36 | Joe Kinnear | 1 | 0 | ||
| ? | Norm Matthews | 1 | 0 | ||
Best and Fairest
| Player | |||||
| 1st | Allan La Fontaine | ||||
| 2nd | Les Jones | ||||
Awards
Special Effort - Jack Mueller
Most Consistent Player - Gordon Ogden
Best Utility Player - Les Jones
Most Improved Senior - Bert Taylor
Most Improved Junior - Ron Baggott
Training Awards - Rowley Fischer and Gordon Jones
President's Trophy for Brilliant Effort - Les Jones
President's Trophy for Consistent Play - Gordon Ogden
Best clubman - Jock Ball
Special training awards - Rowley Fischer, Gordon Jones, Joe Kinnear
Seconds
1935 Seconds season
Leading Goalkicker - Ron Baggott
| W | D | L | % | P | |
| Geelong | 18 | 0 | 2 | 64 | |
| Collingwood | 15 | 0 | 3 | 60 | |
| Carlton | 14 | 0 | 4 | 56 | |
| Melbourne | 12 | 1 | 5 | 50 | |
| Fitzroy | 10 | 0 | 8 | 40 | |
| Richmond | 10 | 0 | 8 | 40 | |
| South Melbourne | 8 | 2 | 8 | 36 | |
| Essendon | 5 | 1 | 12 | 22 | |
| Footscray | 5 | 0 | 13 | 20 | |
| Hawthorn | 5 | 0 | 13 | 20 | |
| St Kilda | 4 | 0 | 14 | 16 | |
| North Melbourne | 2 | 0 | 16 | 8 | |
Finals
| Round | Opposition | Result | |||
| SF | Carlton | WIN | |||
| PF | Collingwood | WIN | |||
| GF | Geelong | WIN | |||
Awards
Most Serviceable - Bill Adams
Most Improved - Richie Emselle
Awards for performances in the finals were also given to Halloran, Kinnear, Truscott, Cheffers, Baggott and Kinnear.
Notes
Some sources show Jones' award being for Most Brilliant Effort
Media
Football Record 1935 Interstate Game
Football Record R15 1935
Argus - 24/08/1935, 10/12/1935
Referee - 29/08/1935
Sun - 30/10/1935, 10/12/1935