Coach: Bob Skilton
Captain: Stan Alves
Finishing Position: 10th
Best and Fairest: Laurie Fowler
Leading Goalkicker: Greg Wells (32)
Best First Year Player: Marty Lyons
| Matches | Ladder | Playing List | Night Series | Best and Fairest | Reserves | Under 19s |
Coming off a wooden spoon in the first year of the Bob Skilton era, the Demons started the season brightly but faded to improve just two positions on their 1974 performance.
For the first time the club’s coffers were bolstered by a sponsorship team. A company that produced well-known food brands was controlled by a family of Melbourne supporters, and in exchange for their donation were provided with signage at the MCG and logos on player apparel.
In the pre-season, Melbourne was runner-up to Essendon in a charity Footy Olympics competition. The team included Graham Osborne (2nd in the 100m sprint), Robert Flower (winner of 1500m steeplechase and ball race), Stan Alves (second in 1500m steeplechase), Wayne Delmenico (third in 1600 metre race and second in 800 metres), Peter Keays (800 metres winner),
A night series was proposed by Channel 7 shortly before the season began, but did not take place when only five of 12 clubs voted in favour of the concept. Melbourne was one of the seven to vote against. Later in the year they were the only club in favour of a lightning premiership to be hosted by the MCC on the Preliminary Final day when a game was being played at Waverley. The idea foundered on lack of interest.
At the end of the season the club complained about the staged nature of the Brownlow Medal count, which was set up to have Gary Dempsey pass Stan Alves in the last vote of the night. The same scenario happened to Greg Wells in 1972 and Gary Hardeman in 1974.
The club lost $27,827 for the year.
Practice Matches
| Opposition | Result | Score | ||||
| South Melbourne | WIN | 85-60 | ||||
| Richmond | WIN | 103-102 | ||||
Premiership Season
| Round | Opposition | Result | Score | |||
| 1 | Footscray | WIN | 111-100 | |||
| 2 | North Melbourne | WIN | 105-103 | |||
| 3 | Essendon | LOSS | 100-117 | |||
| 4 | St. Kilda | LOSS | 80-133 | |||
| 5 | Hawthorn | LOSS | 81-136 | |||
| 6 | South Melbourne | WIN | 155-90 | |||
| 7 | Richmond | LOSS | 78-132 | |||
| 8 | Carlton | LOSS | 81-110 | |||
| 9 | Fitzroy | WIN | 123-112 | |||
| 10 | Geelong | LOSS | 98-104 | |||
| 11 | Collingwood | WIN | 95-73 | |||
| 12 | Footscray | LOSS | 92-131 | |||
| 13 | North Melbourne | LOSS | 46-80 | |||
| 14 | St. Kilda | LOSS | 49-101 | |||
| 15 | Essendon | WIN | 134-109 | |||
| 16 | Hawthorn | LOSS | 107-119 | |||
| 17 | South Melbourne | WIN | 91-75 | |||
| 18 | Richmond | WIN | 127-90 | |||
| 19 | Carlton | WIN | 89-51 | |||
| 20 | Fitzroy | LOSS | 89-100 | |||
| 21 | Geelong | LOSS | 64-70 | |||
| 22 | Collingwood | LOSS | 97-98 | |||
Ladder
| W | D | L | % | P | ||
| Hawthorn | 17 | 0 | 5 | 137.3 | 68 | |
| Carlton | 16 | 0 | 6 | 129.2 | 64 | |
| North Melbourne | 14 | 0 | 8 | 115.1 | 56 | |
| Richmond | 13 | 0 | 9 | 113.5 | 52 | |
| Collingwood | 13 | 0 | 9 | 93.9 | 52 | |
| St. Kilda | 11 | 0 | 11 | 101.4 | 44 | |
| Footscray | 11 | 0 | 11 | 94.8 | 44 | |
| Essendon | 10 | 0 | 12 | 90.7 | 40 | |
| Fitzroy | 9 | 0 | 13 | 97.1 | 36 | |
| Melbourne | 9 | 0 | 13 | 93.6 | 36 | |
| Geelong | 7 | 0 | 15 | 78.2 | 28 | |
| South Melbourne | 2 | 0 | 20 | 75.0 | 8 | |
Playing List
| Number | Player | Games | Goals | |||
| 1 | Garry Baker | 16 | 15 | |||
| 2 | Robert Flower | 20 | 14 | |||
| 4 | Tony Sullivan | 15 | 0 | |||
| 5 | Des Campbell | 18 | 6 | |||
| 6 | Ross Brewer | 14 | 28 | |||
| 7 | Graham Osborne | 10 | 1 | |||
| 8 | Peter Keenan | 19 | 21 | |||
| 9 | Laurie Fowler | 22 | 0 | |||
| 10 | Carl Ditterich | 12 | 18 | |||
| 11 | Greg Wells | 21 | 32 | |||
| 12 | Marty Lyons | 19 | 12 | |||
| 13 | Henry Coles | 9 | 9 | |||
| 14 | Neil Chamberlain | 1 | 0 | |||
| 15 | Stan Alves | 20 | 26 | |||
| 16 | Peter Keays | 10 | 0 | |||
| 17 | Denis Clark | 16 | 3 | |||
| 18 | John Tilbrook | 2 | 0 | |||
| 19 | Ray Biffin | 19 | 7 | |||
| 20 | Paul Hurst | 16 | 5 | |||
| 21 | Graham Molloy | 2 | 0 | |||
| 22 | Frank Giampaolo | 12 | 17 | |||
| 23 | Shane Fitzsimmons | 10 | 7 | |||
| 24 | Wayne Delmenico | 14 | 0 | |||
| 25 | Barry Ough | 1 | 0 | |||
| 26 | Gary Guy | 15 | 5 | |||
| 28 | Tony Dullard | 19 | 4 | |||
| 31 | Billy Barham | 3 | 2 | |||
| 32 | Kim Smith | 4 | 3 | |||
| 33 | Gary Hardeman | 21 | 31 | |||
| 34 | Mal Owens | 1 | 0 | |||
| 35 | Steven Smith | 22 | 24 | |||
| 36 | David Kelly | 1 | 0 | |||
| 37 | Ted Carroll | 7 | 2 | |||
| 38 | Terry Wilkins | 11 | 1 | |||
| 40 | John Sparks | 4 | 4 | |||
| 43 | Ray Smith | 10 | 1 | |||
| 46 | Glenn Walley | 1 | 1 | |||
| 50 | Colin Graham | 2 | 0 | |||
| 52 | Greg Hutchison | 1 | 0 | |||
Best and Fairest
| Player | ||||||
| 1st | Laurie Fowler | |||||
| 2nd | Stan Alves | |||||
| 3rd | Ray Biffin | |||||
| 4th | Greg Wells | |||||
| 5th | Gary Hardeman | |||||
Other Awards
Redlegs Trophy - Steven Smith
Tribunal
| Round | Player | Charge | Sanction | |||
| Round 3 | Carl Ditterich | Striking | 4 matches | |||
| Round 8 | Tony Dullard | Striking | 2 matches | |||
| Round 11 | Des Campbell | Striking | 2 matches | |||
| Under 19s Grand Final | Shane Young | Striking | Reprimand | |||
Reserves
1975 Reserves Season
Best and Fairest - Neil Chamberlain
Second Best and Fairest - David Murray
Outstanding Service Award - Barry Ough, Ted Carroll and Graham Molloy
| W | D | L | % | P | ||
| Richmond | 18 | 0 | 4 | 153.1 | 72 | |
| Geelong | 15 | 0 | 7 | 122.0 | 60 | |
| Essendon | 13 | 1 | 8 | 102.5 | 54 | |
| Hawthorn | 12 | 0 | 10 | 104.9 | 48 | |
| Melbourne | 12 | 0 | 10 | 92.9 | 48 | |
| Collingwood | 10 | 0 | 12 | 101.8 | 40 | |
| South Melbourne | 10 | 0 | 12 | 96.6 | 40 | |
| Footscray | 10 | 0 | 12 | 92.8 | 40 | |
| North Melbourne | 9 | 2 | 11 | 109.5 | 36 | |
| Carlton | 8 | 0 | 14 | 85.8 | 32 | |
| Fitzroy | 7 | 1 | 14 | 82.0 | 30 | |
| St Kilda | 7 | 0 | 15 | 75.0 | 28 | |
Finals
| Round | Opponent | Result | Score | |||
| EF | Hawthorn | LOSS | 85-144 | |||
Under 19s
Captain - Chris Munday
Under 19's Best and Fairest - Mark Davidson
Second Best and Fairest - Geoff Delaney
Outstanding Service Awards - Geoff Campbell and Stephen Ellingworth
Best Finals Player - Shane Young
Best in Grand Final - Peter Hamilton
| W | D | L | % | P | ||
| Richmond | 20 | 1 | 1 | 177.2 | 82 | |
| North Melbourne | 19 | 2 | 1 | 158.1 | 78 | |
| Collingwood | 14 | 0 | 8 | 121.1 | 76 | |
| Melbourne | 12 | 0 | 10 | 110.0 | 48 | |
| Fitzroy | 11 | 0 | 11 | 103.8 | 44 | |
| St Kilda | 11 | 0 | 11 | 89.7 | 44 | |
| Essendon | 10 | 0 | 12 | 93.4 | 40 | |
| Hawthorn | 10 | 0 | 12 | 91.8 | 40 | |
| Footscray | 7 | 1 | 14 | 88.7 | 30 | |
| Geelong | 7 | 0 | 15 | 75.3 | 28 | |
| Carlton | 6 | 1 | 15 | 83.2 | 26 | |
| South Melbourne | 3 | 0 | 19 | 58.2 | 12 | |
- North Melbourne later lost points from 16 matches for fielding an ineligible player
Finals
| Round | Opponent | Result | Score | |||
| QF | Collingwood | WIN | 95-82 | |||
| SF | Richmond | WIN | 74-66 | |||
| GF | Richmond | LOSS | 89-94 | |||
Fourths
Best and Fairest - Andrew McKaige
Second Best and Fairest - Craig Derrick
Outstanding Service Awards - David Keane and Ian McCormack
Best Clubman - Jeff Mackie
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