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
Round 1
Footscray 13.17 d. Melbourne 12.18
Round 2
Melbourne 14.12 d. North Melbourne 13.15
Goals - Walley 4, Nowlan 3, Campbell 2, Davidson 2, Hutchison 1, Munday 1, Young 1
Best - Woods, Sparks, Ellingworth
Round 3
Essendon 13.19 d. Melbourne 13.13
Goals - Campbell 3, Munday 3, Walley 3, Carson 1, Counsel 1, Davidson 1, Young 1
Best - Woods, Campbell, Bickford
Round 4
St Kilda 8.11 d. Melbourne 5.12
Goals - Campbell 2, Walley 2, Carson 1
Best - Delaney, Bickford, Woods
Round 5
Melbourne 19.15 d. Hawthorn 8.12
Round 6
Melbourne 12.16 d. South Melbourne 7.13
Goals - Campbell 3, Walley 2, Unknown 7
Round 7
Richmond 21.13 d. Melbourne 10.8
Goals - Woodman 4, Withers 2, Carson 1, Davidson 1, Morgan 1, Newman 1
Best - Woods, Newman, Munday
Round 8
Melbourne 14.19 d. Carlton 12.8
Round 9
Fitzroy 13.14 d. Melbourne 13.9
Goals - Walley 1, Withers 1, Campbell 1, Unknown 9
Round 10
Melbourne 9.14 d. Geelong 5.15
Goals - Woodman 3, Withers 1, Unknown 5
Round 11
Collingwood 14.13 d. Melbourne 11.20
Goals - Withers 2, Unknown 9
Round 12
Footscray 13.11 d. Melbourne 10.18
Round 13
North Melbourne 14.14 d. Melbourne 9.20
Goals - Campbell 3, Withers 2, Davidson 2, Young 2
Best - Campbell, Davidson, Withers
Round 14
St Kilda 16.6 d. Melbourne 6.16
Round 15
Melbourne 12.15 d. Essendon 11.7
Goals - Smith 3, Unknown 9
Round 16
Melbourne 12.8 d. Hawthorn 7.16
Goals - Campbell 6, Unknown 6
Round 17
Melbourne 18.18 d. South Melbourne 10.4
Round 18
Melbourne 15.15 d. Richmond 13.16
Goals - Withers 6, Campbell 1, Unknown 8
Round 19
Carlton 10.13 d. Melbourne 8.10
Goals - Davidson 2, Tippett 2, Flower 1, Mather 1, Sutton 1, Tobin 1
Best - Delaney, Ellingworth, Flower
Round 20
Melbourne 8.28 d. Fitzroy 10.15
Goals - O'Keefe 3, Campbell 1, Davidson 1, Flower 1, Tobin 1, Walley 1
Best - Davidson, Counsel, Sampson
Round 21
Melbourne 14.14 d. Geelong 4.14
Goals - Withers 5, Campbell 1, Unknown 8
Round 22
Melbourne 11.5 d. Collingwood 9.14
Qualifying Final
Melbourne 14.11.95 d. Collingwood 11.16.82
Goals - Counsel 3, Munday 2, O'Keefe 2, Tippett 1, Campbell 1, Tobin 1, Arundale 1, Withers 1
Best - Munday, Counsel, Tippett
Semi Final
Melbourne 11.8.74 d. Richmond 10.6.66
Goals - Davidson 3, Campbell 3, Walley 2, Counsel 1, Arundale 1, Ross 1
Grand Final
Richmond 13.16.94 d. Melbourne 12.17.89
Goals - Withers 3, Walley 3, Munday 2, Counsel 2, Arundale 1, Hutchison 1
Best - Hamilton, Walley, Withers
Ladder
| 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