Captain - John Ferguson
A side called TAA played in the first four rounds. Their demise saw some clubs have an extra game counted in the standings.
Matches
Round 1 - Saturday 16 April
Geelong 16.8.104 d. Melbourne 11.4.70
Round 2 - Saturday 23 April
Melbourne d. TAA
Round 3 - Saturday 30 April
Footscray 7.5 d. Melbourne 5.3
Round 4 - Saturday 7 May
South Melbourne 10.7 d. Melbourne 0.11
Round 5 - Saturday 14 May
Melbourne 9.6 d. North Melbourne 4.13
Round 6 - Saturday 21 May
Melbourne 10.11.71 d. St Kilda 3.9.27
Round 7 - Saturday 28 May
Melbourne 6.6.42 d. Essendon 6.4.40
Round 8 - Saturday 4 June
Melbourne vs Hawthorn postponed
Round 9 - Saturday 11 June
vs St Kilda
Round 10 - Saturday 18 June
Melbourne 7.8.50 d. Carlton 4.9.33
Round 11 - Saturday 2 July
Melbourne 11.6 d. Richmond 5.9
Round 12 - Saturday 9 July
Melbourne 10.11.71 d. Geelong 8.10.58
Round 13
BYE
Round 14 - Saturday 23 July
Melbourne 13.8 d. Footscray 7.10
Round 15 - Saturday 30 July
South Melbourne 7.12 d. Melbourne 7.5
Round 16 - Saturday 6 August
Melbourne 6.9.45 d. North Melbourne 3.5.23
Round 17 - Saturday 13 August
Melbourne 10.8 d. St Kilda 9.11
Round 18
BYE
Semi Final
Carlton 8.16 d. Melbourne 4.10
Ladder
| W | D | L | % | P | |
| Geelong | 14 | 0 | 3 | 165.6 | 56 |
| South Melbourne | 14 | 0 | 3 | 132.8 | 56 |
| Carlton | 13 | 0 | 4 | 176.5 | 52 |
| Melbourne | 12 | 0 | 4 | 120.8 | 48 |
| Richmond | 11 | 0 | 6 | 111.1 | 44 |
| Essendon | 9 | 0 | 8 | 120.2 | 36 |
| Footscray | 7 | 0 | 9 | 108.9 | 28 |
| Fitzroy | 7 | 0 | 9 | 74.2 | 28 |
| St Kilda | 4 | 0 | 12 | 65.6 | 16 |
| North Melbourne | 4 | 0 | 12 | 57.8 | 16 |
| Hawthorn | 4 | 0 | 12 | 36.6 | 16 |