Players (included)
Adams, A. Anderson, Ansell, Archibald, Ashdown, Atkins, Baldwin, Ron Barassi, Baxter, Berriman, Bravo, Ted Buckley, Jim Cardwell, Cavanagh, Cerini, Bill Coffield, Cuttriss, Daly, Dowsley, Roy Dowsing, Adrian Dullard, Noel Ellis, Fitch, Fred Fanning, Gainsworthy/Garnsworthy, Gibb/Gibbs, Johnny Hall, Jones, Kendall, G. Leune (probably Lenne), Maher, McGrath, McLagan (possibly misprint of McLean), McLean, Hugh Murnane, Bernie Neenan, O'Keefe, O'Shea, Peters, Reid, Alby Rodda, Saker, Ralph Shalless, Sitch/Fitch, Ron White, F. Williams, R. Williams
Matches
Practice Match - Saturday 13 April
vs Richmond Districts
Round 1 - Saturday 27 April
Essendon 12.13 d. Melbourne 12.8
Goalkickers - Rodda 5, Dullard 2, Baldwin 2
Best - Murnane, Rodda, Daley
Selected team (from)
Adams, Archibald, Baldwin, Buckley, Coffield, Cuttriss, Dowsley, Dullard, Daly, McLean, McGrath, Murnane, Neenan, O'Keefe, Rodda, Reid, Sitch, Williams, White, A. Anderson, Saker, Berriman
Round 2- Saturday 4 May
Melbourne 23.15 d. Richmond 7.19
Goals - Hall 9, Baldwin 7, Adams 2, Dowsing 2, Berriman 1, Sitch 1
Best - Daley, Williams, Hall
Round 3 - Saturday 11 May
Melbourne 10.15 d. Footscray 10.8
Goals - Doherty 5, Williams 2, Berriman 2, Unknown 1
Best - Daly, Cuttriss, White
Selected team
B: Archibald, Dowsley, McGrath
HB: Gibbs, White, McLean
C: Daly, Cuttriss, Williams
HF: Reid, Baldwin, Hall
F: Dowsing, Fanning, Adams
Foll: Neenan, Dullard, Barassi
Res: Berriman, Stitch, Anderson, Ashdown, Ansell, Cardwell
Round 4 - Saturday 18 May
Melbourne 14.13 d. Carlton 8.9
Goals - Baldwin 3, Dowsing 3, Neenan 2, Hall 2, Adams 1, O'Shea 1, McGrath 1, O'Keefe 1
Best - McGrath, Daly, Dowsing
Selected team
B: McGrath, Dowsley, Gibbs
HB: Maher, White, McLean
C: Daly, Cuttris or Saker, Williams
HF: O'Shea, O'Keefe, Hall
F: Dowsing, Baldwin, Adams
Foll: Neenan, Dullard, Barassi
Res: Berriman
Emg: Anderson, Ansell, Cardwell
Round 5 - Saturday 25 May
Collingwood 18.14 d. Melbourne 9.15
Goals - Fanning 3, Baldwin 2, Dullard 1, Archibald 1, Dowsing 1, Adams 1
Best - Dullard, Gibb, O'Shea
Round 6 - Saturday 1 June
Melbourne 24.8 d. Hawthorn 7.12
Goals - Dowsing 8, Fanning 7, Barassi 3, Hall 2, Berriman 2, Adams 1, O'Keefe 1
Best - White, McLean, Dowsing
Round 7 - Saturday 8 June
Melbourne 24.23 d. North Melbourne 5.7
Goals - Hall 9, Fanning 4, Adams 3, Neenan 3, Jones 1, Berriman 1, Baxter 1, Williams 1, Dullard 1
Best - Daly, Jones, Dullard
Round 8 - Saturday 15 June
Fitzroy 19.17 d. Melbourne 8.14
Selected side
B: O'Shea, Archibald, Cardwell
HB: Maher, White, McLean
C: Saker, Cuttriss, Williams
HF: Anderson, Reid, Hall
F: Ansell, Sitch, Adams
Foll: Neenan, Dullard, Berriman
Res: Bravo
Emg: Ashdown, Peters
Round 9 - Saturday 22 June
Melbourne 18.10.118 d. St Kilda 10.12.72
Goals - Fanning 10, Adams 2, Hall 2, Bravo 1, O'Shea 1, Baldwin 1, Neenan 1
Best - Baxter, Lenne, Fanning
Round 10 - Saturday 29 June
Geelong 14.21 d. Melbourne 7.14
Selected side
B: Ellis, Archibald, Shalless
HB: Maher, White, O'Shea
C: Daly, Williams, Campbell
HF: Reid, Cuttris, Hall
F: Bravo, Baldwin, Adams
Foll: Neenan, Dullard, Lennie
Res: Sitch
Emg: Ashdown, Geary, Saker, Cardwell, Peters
Round 11 - Saturday 6 July
Melbourne 20.14 d. South Melbourne 10.10
Goals - Baldwin 7, Adams 4, Unknown 13
Best - Daly, Sitch, Baldwin
Selected side
B: McGrath, Archibald, Ellis
HB: O'Shea, White, Maher
C: Daly, Cuttris, Lenne
HF: Shalless, Sitch, Hall
F: Baldwin, Fanning, Adams
Foll: Neenan, Dullard, Berriman
Res: Campbell
Emg: Reid, Ashdown, Saker, Peters, Cardwell
Round 12 - Saturday 13 July
Essendon 15.9 d. Melbourne 10.11
Selected side
B: Dullard, Archibald, O'Shea
HB: Ellis, White, Maher
C: Daly, Kendall, Lennie
HF: Williams, Fitch, Hall
F: Bravo, Baldwin, Adams
Foll: Neenan, Shalless, Berriman
19th: Peters
Emg: Ashdown, Reid, Saker
Round 13 - Saturday 20 July
Melbourne 12.19 d. Richmond 10.17
Goals - Baldwin 3, Hall 2, Williams 2, Sitch 2, Unknown 3
Best - Williams, Neenan, Daly
Round 14 - Saturday 27 July
Melbourne 14.16 d. Footscray 13.16
Goals - Dowsing 6, Adams 3, Reid 2, Truscott 1, Sitch 1, Williams 1
Best - Ellis, Dowsing, Daly
Selected side
B: Garnsworthy, Archibald, Baldwin
HB: Ellis, G. Jones, Truscott
C: Daly, Kendall, Lennie
HF: Reid, Sitch, F. Williams
F: Strang, Dowsing, Adams
Foll: Dullard, Shalless, Berriman
Res: Geary
Emg: Cardwell, Hall, R. Williams, Peters
Round 15 - Saturday 10 August
Melbourne 15.22 d. Carlton 9.18
Goals - Archibald 5, Unknown 10
Selected side
B: Cerini, Baxter, Garnsworthy
HB: Ellis, R. White, Maher
C: Daly, Truscott, Lennie
HF: Williams, Cuttriss, Reid
F: Dowsing, Archibald, Adams
Foll: Dullard, Baldwin, Berriman or Strang
Res: Fitch
Emg: Geary, Shallis, Cardwell, Ashdown
Round 16 - Saturday 17 August
Collingwood 20.13 d. Melbourne 12.5
Selected side (from)
Berriman, Cardwell, Ashdown, Kendall, Neenan, Peters, Cerini, Geary, Garnsworthy, Ellis, White, Cavanagh, Daly, F. Williams, R. Williams, Lenne, Shalless, Cuttriss, Sitch, Reid, Dowsing, Archibald, Adams, Dullard, Baldwin, Strang
Round 17 - Saturday 24 August
Melbourne 12.16.88 d. Hawthorn 7.13.55
Round 18 - Saturday 31 August
Melbourne 19.14 d. North Melbourne 10.12
Goals - Fanning 7, Hall 5, Unknown 7
Ladder
| Points | |
| Essendon | 56 |
| Collingwood | 52 |
| Carlton | 52 |
| Fitzroy | 52 |
| Melbourne | 48 |
| Richmond | 44 |
| Geelong | 36 |
| Footscray | 28 |
| St Kilda | 24 |
| Hawthorn | 20 |
| South Melbourne | 8 |
| North Melbourne | 8 |
Notes
Newspapers incorrectly shown McLean as 'McLagan' in Round 3.