Captain - Phil Rhoden
Best and Fairest - Paul Callery
Second Best and Fairest - Danny Jennings
Outstanding Service - Kelvin Clarke, Graham Osborne, Barry Hodges
Season
Round 1
Melbourne 15.16 d. South Melbourne 15.11
Goals - D. Campbell 3, Jennings 3, Callery 3, K. Clarke 1, Walker 1, Leary 1, Colcott 1
Best - Mitchell, Campbell, Callery
Round 2
Hawthorn 15.13 d. Melbourne 12.15
Goals - Mitchell 2, C. Walker 2, Jennings 2, Lakes 1, Weekes 1, Callery 1, Burgmann 1, McSperrin 1, Hodges 1
Best - Callery, Mitchell, Jennings
Selected side
B: Rhoden, Davie, M. Walker
HB: N. Leary, Moylan, Forster
C: C. Anderson, Burgmann, Brown
HF: Jenning, Hodges, McSpeerin
F: Lakes, Mitchell, C. Walker
Foll: Weeks, Campbell, Calllery
Res: Stanton, Aubrey
Emg: G. Anderson, Cook
Round 3
Melbourne 17.14 d. North Melbourne 9.10
Goals - Biffin 6, Callery 6, Powell 2, Brown 1, Mitchell 1, Anderson 1
Best - Callery, Biffin, Walker
Round 4
Melbourne 22.17 d. Fitzroy 14.18
Goals - Biffin 7, Colcott 4, Clarke 3, Powell 3, Sinclair 2, Campbell 2, Feldmann 1
Best - Feldmann, Aitken, Sinclair
Round 5
Melbourne 14.12 d. Collingwood 12.13
Goals - McSpeerin 4, Powell 3, Jennings 2, Osborne 2, Aitken 1, Clarke 1, Weekes 1
Best - Osborne, Clarke, Powell
Round 6
Melbourne 25.23 d. Essendon 15.15
Goals - Osborne 5, K. Clarke 5, Mitchell 3, McSpeerin 3, Sinclair 2, Jones 2, Aitken 1, Powell 1, Jennings 1, D. Clark 1, Colcott 1
Best - Osborne, Jones, Sinclair
Round 7
Melbourne 11.15 d. Footscray 11.9
Goals - Jones 3, Powell 2, McSpeerin 2, K. Clarke 2, Burgmann 1, Aitken 1
Best - K. Clarke, Feldmann, Lakes
Round 8
Richmond 16.18 d. Melbourne 14.15
Goals - Colcott 5, Burgmann 4, McKenzie 1, Callery 1, Mitchell 1, K. Clarke 1, McSpeerin 1
Best - K. Clarke, Colcott, Callery
Round 9
Melbourne 14.10 d. St Kilda 5.18
Goals - Colcott 3, Callery 3, Sinclair 2, Burgman 2, McKenzie 2, Etheridge 1, Clarke 1
Best - Callery, Colcott, Rhoden
Round 10
Melbourne 16.17 d. Geelong 15.11
Goals - Callery 5, Burgmann 3, Campbell 2, McSpeerin 2, Townsend 1, Clarke 1, Sinclair 1, Jennings 1
Best - Clarke, Callery, McKenzie
Round 11
Melbourne 18.17 d. Carlton 10.10
Goals - Callery 4, Colcott 4, Keenan 2, McKenzie 2, K. Clarke 2, Etheridge 2, Biffin 1, Jennings 1
Best - Callery, Colcott, McKenzie
Round 12
South Melbourne 13.14 d. Melbourne 11.20
Goals - Biffin 3, Davey 2, Clarke 1, Forster 1, Keenan 1, Mitchell 1, Townsend 1, Weekes 1
Best - Campbell, Townsend, Davey
Round 13
Melbourne 14.12 d. Hawthorn 7.10
Goals - Carr 7, Stanton 2, Biffen 1, Clarke 1, Davey 1, Forster 1, Keenan 1
Best - Keenan, Rhoden, Feldmann
Round 14
Melbourne 19.18.132 d. North Melbourne 9.12.66
Goals - Colcott 6, Biffen 5, Stanton 3, Forster 2, McKenzie 1, Burgmann 1, Mitchell 1
Best - Feldmann, Forster, McKenzie
Round 15
Melbourne 22.11 d. Fitzroy 17.12
Goals - Colcott 9, K. Clarke 5, Burgmann 4, Campbell 2, Biffin 2
Best - Burgmann, Clarke, Colcott
Round 16
Melbourne 19.15 d. Collingwood 9.10
Goals - Wells 4, Townsend 3, Bergman 2, D. Clark 2, Jennings 2, Theodore 2, Biffen 1, McSpeerin 1, Mitchell 1, Sinclair 1
Best - Jones, D. Clark, Townsend
Round 17
Essendon 15.5 d. Melbourne 12.19
Goals - Clarke 6, Etheredge 2, Biffen 1, Colcott 1, McSpeerin 1, Sinclair 1
Best - Hodges, Jennings, McSpeerin
Round 18
Melbourne 16.20 d. Footscray 16.13
Goals - Carr 5, Biffin 3, Callery 3, Clarke 1, Clarke 1, Colcott 1, Lakes 1, Theodore 1
Best - Hodges, Rollinson, Rhoden
Round 19
Richmond 14.14 d. Melbourne 13.14
Goals - Callery 4, Sinclair 4, Clarke 3, Carr 1, Theodore 1
Best - Callery, Sinclair, Leahy
Round 20
Melbourne 15.17 d. St Kilda 11.12
Goals - Carr 4, Martin 4, Colcott 3, Clarke 2, Biffin 1, Callery 1
Best - Biffen, Mitchell, Stanton
Round 21
Melbourne 13.15 d. Geelong 11.22
Goals - Clarke 4, Callery 3, Carr 2, Brown 1, McSpeerin 1, Martin 1, Mitchell 1
Best - Rhoden, Clarke and Lakes
Round 22
Melbourne 11.17 d. Carlton 9.7
Goals - Carr 4, Callery 1, Colcott 1, McDonald 1, McSpeerin 1, Mitchell 1, Weekes 1
Best - Osborne, Sinclair, Callery
Semi Final
Richmond 22.12.144 d. Melbourne 13.24.102
Goals - Callery 5, Clarke 4, Burgmann 2, McSpeerin 1, Weekes 1
Best - Callery, K. Clarke and Jones
Preliminary Final
Melbourne 12.18.90 d. North Melbourne 9.9.63
Goals - Biffin 4, Burgmann 2, Sinclair 2, Lakes 1, Aitken 1, Callery 1, Clarke 1
Best - Hodges
Grand Final
Goals: Callery 4, K. Clarke 4, Colcott 3, Sinclair 2, Osborne 1, Aitken 1, Lakes 1
Best - Callery, Sinclair, Rhoden
Ladder
| W | D | L | % | P | |
| Richmond | 17 | 0 | 5 | 132.1 | 68 |
| Melbourne | 17 | 0 | 5 | 128.2 | 68 |
| Hawthorn | 16 | 0 | 6 | 125.3 | 64 |
| North Melbourne | 14 | 0 | 8 | 104.0 | 56 |
| Collingwood | 13 | 0 | 9 | 111.9 | 52 |
| Essendon | 12 | 0 | 9 | 98.3 | 50 |
| Fitzroy | 8 | 1 | 13 | 95.4 | 34 |
| South Melbourne | 8 | 1 | 13 | 85.3 | 34 |
| Carlton | 7 | 0 | 15 | 91.1 | 28 |
| Footscray | 6 | 2 | 14 | 84.0 | 28 |
| Geelong | 6 | 1 | 15 | 84.6 | 26 |
| St Kilda | 5 | 0 | 17 | 74.5 | 20 |
Goalkickers
| Player | Goals | ||||
| 60 | Kelvin Clarke | ||||
| 49 | Paul Callery | ||||
| 45 | Russell Colcott | ||||
| 35 | Ray Biffin | ||||
| 23 | Ray Carr | ||||
| 22 | Lloyd Burgmann | ||||
| 19 | Peter Sinclair | ||||
| 18 | Shane McSpeerin | ||||
| 12 | Danny Jennings Mitchell | ||||
| 11 | Daryl Powell | ||||
| 9 | Graham Osborne | ||||
| 6 | Chris Aitken Campbell McKenzie | ||||
| 5 | Brent Jones George Lakes Peter Martin Michael Stanton John Townsend Peter Weekes | ||||
| 4 | John Forster Peter Keenan Jim Theodore Greg Wells | ||||
| 3 | Des Campbell D. Clark Terry Davey Etheridge | ||||
| 2 | Bruce Brown Chris Walker Etheridge 2 | ||||
| 1 | Graeme Anderson Derek Feldmann Barry Hodges Noel Leary McDonald Walker | ||||
- Mitchell may have been Mark Mitchell
- Campbell was either Des Campbell or Blair Campbell
- Walker could be Chris Walker or Max Walker