Captain - Des Campbell
Vice-Captain - Frank Giampaolo
Best and Fairest - Peter Keays
Second Best and Fairest - Frank Giampaolo
Special Awards - Brian Cook, Brett Marchant, Des Campbell
Players included Aitken, Mark Alves, Michael Baldwin, Begg, Besanko, Campbell, Carroll, Clark, Geoff Clarke, Cook, Davidson, Fitzsimmons, Tom Flower, Garratt, Peter Geddes, Hamilton, Harvey, Geoff Hayes, Hurst, Jarrett, Johnston, Kelly, Lyons, Brett Marchant, Mercoulia, O'Keefe, Rae, Richards, Peter Salter, Walley, Walters, Wingate
Matches
Round 1
South Melbourne 23.21.159 d. Melbourne 18.13.121
Goals - Davidson 6, Walters 3, Kelly 2, Thorne 2, Campbell 1, Fitzsimmons 1, Grambeau 1, Hurst 1, Walley 1
Best - Grambeau, Davidson, Wingate
Round 2
Footscray 15.19.109 d. Melbourne 10.15.75
Goals - Davidson 4, Dullard 2, Lyons 2, Flower 1, Thorne 1
Best - Hamilton, Lyons, Flower
Round 3
North Melbourne 26.15.171 d. Melbourne 8.24.72
Goals - Aitken 2, Carroll 2, Walley 2, Geddes 1, Johnston 1
Best - Lyons, Marchant, Flower
Round 4
Melbourne 17.16.118 d. Essendon 15.16.106
Goals - Carroll 3, Cook 3, Walley 3, Davidson 2, Rae 2, Flower 1, Kelly 1, Lyons 1, Mercoulia 1
Best - O'Keefe, Hamilton, Walley
Round 5
Melbourne 17.12.114 d. Richmond 16.17.113
Goals - M. Alves 6, Carroll 3, Walley 3, Flower 2, Mercoulia 2, Cook 1
Best - Hamilton, O'Keefe, Wingate
Round 6
Melbourne 18.7.115 d. Geelong 10.20.80
Goals - Baldwin 7, Campbell 3, Walley 2, Alves 1, Cook 1, Davidson 1, Fitzsimmons 1, Garrett 1, Mercoulia 1
Best - Fitzsimmons, Baldwin, Marchant
Round 7
Melbourne 17.15.117 d. Carlton 14.15.99
Goaals - Alves 2, Baldwin 2, Besanko 2, Carroll 2, Davidson 2, Giampaolo 2, Johnstone 2, Sparks 2, Walley 1
Best - Giampaolo, Cook, Marchant
Round 8
Melbourne 8.20.68 d. Fitzroy 7.13.55
Goals - Walkley 3, Baldwin 1, Carroll 1, Cook 1, Lyons 1, Starks 1
Best - Marchant, Cook, Giampaolo
Round 9
Melbourne 11.17.83 d. St Kilda 10.17.77
Goals - Baldwin 2, Johnston 2, Woodman 2, Campbell 1, Carroll 1, Fitzsimmons 1, Giampaolo 1, Kelly 1
Best - Cook, Campbell, Keays
Round 10
Melbourne 19.11 d. Hawthorn 15.12
Goals - Walters 6, Davidson 4, Cook 2, Sparks 2, Woodman 2, Alves 1, Baldwin 1, Fitzsimmons 1
Best - Campbell, Walters, Carroll
Round 11
Collingwood 18.19 d. Melbourne 13.22
Goals - Sparks 3, Fitzsimmons 2, Woodman 2, Byrne 1, Carroll 1, Walley 1, Walters 1
Best - Sparks, Keays, Fitzsimmons
Round 12
Melbourne 9.19.73 d. South Melbourne 7.11.53
Goals - Davidson 2, Woodman 2, Alves 1, Baldwin 1, Byrne 1, Johnston 1, Sparks 1
Best - Johnston, Fitzsimmons, Sullivan
Round 13
Match cancelled due to poor weather
Round 14
Melbourne 9.18.72 d.Essendon 10.4.64
Goals - Alves 2, Woodman 2, Baker 1, Byrne 1, T. Flower 1, Tippett 1, Walters 1
Best - Denny, Wingate, Keays
Round 15
North Melbourne 18.23.131 d. Melbourne 15.13.103
Goals - Alves 3, Baldwin 3, Flower 3, Johnston 2, Tippett 2, Thomson 1, Walters 1
Best - Wingate, Keays, Alves
Round 16
Richmond 11.14.80 d. Melbourne 11.7.73
Goals - Flower 3, Hayes 3, Rea 2, Cumming 1, Mackay 1, Keane 1
Best - Campbell, Byrne, Giampaolo
Round 17
Melbourne 21.14 d. Geelong 14.18
Goals - Baldwin 6, Johnston 5, Sparks 3, Cumming 2, Walters 2, Byrne 1, Cook 1, Hayes 1
Best - Johnston, Baldwin, Keays
Round 18
Melbourne 7.15.57 d. Carlton 7.10.52
Goals - Baldwin, Cumming, Flower, Giampaolo, Kelly, Sparks, Woodman
Best - Giampaolo, Campbell, Keays
Round 19
Melbourne 19.17.131 d. Fitzroy 9.12.66
Goals - Baldwin 3, Denny 3, Cumming 2, Tippett 2, Thorne 2, Walters 2, Byrne 1, Campbell 1, Cortese 1, Flower 1, Kelly 1
Best - Giampaolo, Keays, Hamilton
Round 20
St Kilda 19.16.130 d. Melbourne 16.14.110
Goals - Thorne 7, Baldwin 4, Walters 3, Cook 1, Johnston 1
Best - Cook, Kelly, Thorne
Round 21
Hawthorn 15.9.99 d. Melbourne 11.18.84
Goals - Baldwin 4, Walters 3, Alves 1, Biffin 1, Fitzsimmons 1, Kelly 1
Best - Barkley, Cook
Round 22
Collingwood 18.14.122 d. Melbourne 14.10.94
Goals - Giampaolo 3, Baldwin 2, Marchant 2, Thorne 2, Woodman 2, Carroll 1, Kelly 1, Walters 1
Best - Giampaolo, Hamilton, Moir
Elimination Final
Footscray 18.14.122 d. Melbourne 10.10.70
Goals - Cumming 2, Tippett 1, Campbell 1, Denny 1, Johnston 1, Byrne 1, Wingate 1, Kelly 1, Baldwin 1
Ladder
(ladder excludes 4th place Footscray - 14-0-7-109.6-56)
Goalkickers
Notes
Ray is probably Mick Rea
There may have been a Roy Mercoulia as well as a Jim.
Media
Age - 15/04/1977