Players (included)
Ken Carlon, Christie, Clear, J. Cordner, Courtney, Craddock, Daly, Ferguson, Gasparini, Germaine, Heywood, Hollow, Hutchins, Impey, Jeffers, Johnston, Kirwin, Krause, Le Gassick, Lason, Lehman, Love, Martin, Mason, McKay, McKaige, T. McLean, McMahon, O'Keefe, Paynter, Pierce, Pound, R. Robertson, Rowse, Kevin Smith, Lloyd Smith, Snow, Steinthal, Webb
Emergencies: Blake, Clear, Coningsby, Cooper, Courtney, Ellis, Iles, Madden, Petty, Robinson, Tippett
Matches
Round 1 - Saturday 21 April
Essendon 8.14 d. Melbourne 7.14
Selected team
B: Hutchins, McKaige, Krause
HB: Kirwin, T. McLean, Mason
C: Robertson, Jeffers, O'Keefe
HF: Heywood, Pound, Pierce or Webb
F: Craddock, Love, McKay
R: Ferguson, Snow, Daly
Res: Elllis, Clear, Courtney, Iles, Coningsby, Cooper
Round 2 - Saturday 28 April
Collingwood 11.15 d. Melbourne 8.13
Round 3 - Saturday 5 May
Melbourne 15.21.111 d. Fitzroy 12.9.81
Round 4 - Saturday 12 May
St Kilda 11.12.78 d. Melbourne 8.5.53
Round 5 - Saturday 19 May
South Melbourne 11.7 d. Melbourne 7.16
Selected team
B: Hutchins, McKaige, Christie
HB: Paynter, McMahon, Lason
C: I. McLean, Heywood, Hollow
HF: Pierce or Courtney, Smith, Jeffers
F: Webb, Love, Snow
Foll: Ferguson, McKay, Craddock
Res: Not named
Emg: Petty, Tippett, Kirwin, Clear, Impey
Round 6- Saturday 2 June
Carlton 12.14 d. Melbourne 8.20
Round 7 - Saturday 9 June
Richmond 14.15.99 d. Melbourne 7.15.57
Round 8 - Saturday 16 June
Melbourne 9.9.63 d. North Melbourne 8.9.57
Round 9 - Saturday 23 June
Footscray 10.13.73 d. Melbourne 7.7.49
Best - Mason, Ferguson, Hutchins
Round 10 - Saturday 7 July
Melbourne 6.7.43 d. Geelong 5.8.38
Selected team
B: Steinthal, Rowse, J. Cordner
HB: Paynter, McKaige, McMahon
C: R. Robertson, Carlon, K. Smith
HF: Heywood, Impey, Gasparini
F: Martin, Love, Snow
R: Krause, McKay, Webb
Res: Clear, Germaine
Emg: Blake, Robinson, Madden
Round 11 - Saturday 14 July
Melbourne 13.12 d. Hawthorn 11.10
Round 12 - Saturday 21 July
Essendon 12.17.89 d. Melbourne 2.11.23
Round 13 - Saturday 28 July
Melbourne 16.16 d. Collingwood 10.9
Round 14 - Saturday 4 August
Melbourne 14.11 d. Fitzroy 14.8
Goals - L. Smith 8, Unknown 6
Best - Smith, Carlon, Impey
Round 15 - Saturday 11 August
St Kilda 15.11 d. Melbourne 9.11
Goals - Unknown
Best - Daly, McLean, Carlon
Round 16 - Saturday 18 August
South Melbourne 8.10 d. Melbourne 8.9
Round 17 - Saturday 25 August
Carlton 12.18 d. Melbourne 4.12
Goalkickers - Unknown
Best - Johnston, Lehman, Le Gassick
Round 18 - Saturday 1 September
Richmond 18.15.123 d. Melbourne 9.13.67
Ladder
| W | D | L | % | P | |
| Essendon | 16 | 0 | 2 | 185.8 | 64 |
| Carlton | 13 | 0 | 5 | 113.1 | 52 |
| Footscray | 12 | 1 | 5 | 128.3 | 50 |
| Geelong | 11 | 2 | 5 | 130.8 | 48 |
| Richmond | 11 | 0 | 7 | 121.0 | 44 |
| St Kilda | 9 | 0 | 9 | 98.1 | 36 |
| North Melbourne | 8 | 1 | 9 | 104.1 | 34 |
| Collingwood | 8 | 0 | 10 | 105.2 | 32 |
| South Melbourne | 7 | 0 | 11 | 79.1 | 28 |
| Melbourne | 6 | 0 | 12 | 82.3 | 24 |
| Fitzroy | 3 | 1 | 14 | 67.3 | 14 |
| Hawthorn | 1 | 1 | 16 | 57.8 | 6 |
Notes
Herald 28/04/1951 and Age 30/04/1951 show Collingwood's R2 score as 12.14.86