Players
Arnold, Bowman, Chadwick, Chipp, John Dorgan, Ferguson, Ray Harvey, Doug Heywood, Hutchins, Max Jeffers, Johnston, Ray Jones, R. Love, McGowan, McMahen, Jack Mueller, O'Heare, O'Keefe, O'Toole, Rollaston, Eric Roscoe, Staines, Steinthal, Tate, Thomson, Walsh
Matches
Round 1 - Saturday 16 April
Melbourne 15.17 d. Geelong 9.10
Round 2 - Saturday 23 April
Melbourne 13.12 d. Collingwood 4.16
Round 3 - Saturday 30 April
Footscray 12.16 d. Melbourne 7.17
Round 4 - Saturday 7 May
South Melbourne 11.13 d. Melbourne 9.13
Round 5 - Saturday 14 May
Melbourne 10.14 d. North Melbourne 8.8
Round 6 - Monday 13 June (postponed from Saturday 21 May due to international rugby match on the MCG)
Melbourne 21.13.139 d. St. Kilda 10.6.66
Round 7 - Saturday 28 May
Melbourne 15.7 d. Essendon 11.10
Round 8- Saturday 4 June
Melbourne 18.18 d. Hawthorn 8.10
Round 9 - Saturday 11 June
Melbourne 13.10 d. Fitzroy 11.13
Round 10 - Saturday 18 June
Melbourne 10.18 d. Carlton 10.10
Round 11 - Saturday 25 June
Melbourne 15.19 d. Richmond 10.11
Round 12 - Saturday 9 July
Melbourne 11.10 d. Geelong 10.14
Round 13 - Saturday 16 July
Melbourne 11.9 d. Collingwood 9.10
Round 14 - Saturday 23 July
Footscray 13.5 d. Melbourne 11.13
Round 15 - Saturday 30 July
Melbourne 13.19 d. South Melbourne 10.8
Goals - Love 6, Unknown 7
Best - McGowan, Bowman, Chadwick
Round 16 - Saturday 6 August
Melbourne 14.11.95 d. North Melbourne 12.15.87
Round 17 - Saturday 13 August
Melbourne 18.23 d. St Kilda 13.6
Round 18 - Saturday 20 August
Essendon 9.13 d. Melbourne 7.8
Round 19 - Saturday 27 August
Melbourne 19.15.129 d. Hawthorn 9.8.62
Goals - Arnold 8, Unknown 11
Semi Final
Essendon 13.13.91 d. Melbourne 10.11.71
Goals - Mueller 4, Love 2, 1, Heywood 1, Harvey 1, Thomson 1
Best - Bowman, McGowan, McMahen
Preliminary Final
Melbourne 18.14.122 d. Richmond 10.13.73
Goals - Roscoe 4, Heywood 4, R. Love 3, Jeffers 2, Mueller 2, Harvey 1, Dorgan 1, Jones 1
Best - Mueller, McMahen, Johnston
Grand Final
Melbourne 17.10.112 d. Essendon 9.14.68
Goals - Mueller 7, Heywood 3, Love 3, O'Heare 1, Jeffers 1, Thompson 1
Ladder
| W | D | L | % | P | |
| Melbourne | 15 | 0 | 4 | 133.3 | 60 |
| Essendon | 13 | 1 | 5 | 143.2 | 54 |
| Collingwood | 13 | 0 | 6 | 121.4 | 52 |
| Richmond | 12 | 0 | 7 | 118.0 | 48 |
| Footscray | 11 | 1 | 7 | 114.5 | 46 |
| Geelong | 9 | 1 | 9 | 111.6 | 38 |
| Fitzroy | 9 | 1 | 9 | 97.9 | 37 |
| Carlton | 9 | 0 | 10 | 98.6 | 36 |
| South Melbourne | 7 | 0 | 12 | 89.9 | 28 |
| St Kilda | 6 | 1 | 12 | 74.1 | 26 |
| North Melbourne | 4 | 1 | 14 | 79.4 | 18 |
| Hawthorn | 3 | 0 | 16 | 59.9 | 12 |
Notes
R. Love may have been Colin Love
Media
Argus - 18/05/1949