Reserves Best and Fairest - Chris Woodman
Second Best and Fairest - Tony Sullivan
Special Awards - Peter Giles, Bruce Elliott, Graham Hunnibell
Players included Barnes, Bardoel, Bickford, Ray Biffin, Buntz, Burn, Carman, Clayton, Clarke, Code, Dellamarta, Denko, Denny, Tony Dullard, Jim Durnan, Bruce Elliott, Tony Elshaug, Tom Flower, Gees, Giles, Goodman, Gordon, Shane Grambeau, Green, Stewart Gull, Halsall, Hunnibell, Hutchison, Kelly, Kitto, Lockwood, Martyn, McCormack, Maynard, Andrew Moir, Moncrieff, Moulton, Norsworthy, O'Donnell, O'Keefe, Parison, Payne, R. Richards, Roberts, Seaton, Ray Smith, Sullivan, Thorne, Wallace, Whitford, Wingate, Woodman. Frank Davis sat on the bench in Round 7 but did not take the field.
Practice Match (24 March)
Melbourne vs South Melbourne
Round 1
Footscray 18.19.127 d. Melbourne 18.17.125
Goals - Woodman 5, Code 2, Hunnibell 2, Walters 1, Gordon 1, Maynard 1, Begg 1, Wallace 1, McKeon 1, Johnston 1, Whitfort 1, Norsworthy 1
Best - Maynard, Gordon, Hunnibell
Reports - Walters (spitting in face of umpire)
Round 2
Geelong 16.24.120 d. Melbourne 15.18.108
Goals - Norsworthy 3, O'Donnell 3, Maynard 2, Byrne 1, Code 1, Lockwood 1, Roberts 1, Seaton 1, Wallace 1, Whitford 1
Best - Norsworthy, Richards, Elliott
Round 3
South Melbourne 15.14.104 d. Melbourne 8.17.65
Goals - Fitzsimmons 3, Roberts 2, Walters 2, Code 1
Best - Hunnibell, Ellliott, O'Keefe
Round 4
Richmond 14.21.105 d. Melbourne 11.17.83
Goals - O'Donnell 4, Byrne 2, Code 2, Fitzsimmons 1, Lockwood 1, Seaton 1
Best - Byrne, O'Keefe, O'Donnell
Round 5
Carlton 21.20.146 d. Melbourne 13.16.94
Goals - Fitzsimmons 3, T. Flower 3, Roberts 2, Biffin 1, Code 1, Clayton 1, Lockwood 1, Maynard 1
Best - Sullivan, Clayton, Code
Round 6
Fitzroy 24.10 d. Melbourne 14.17
Goals - Thorne 4, Flower 2, Maynard 2, Biffin 1, Durnan 1, Gull 1, Kelly 1, McCormack 1, Woodman 1
Best - Woodman, Giles, Kelly
Round 7
Essendon 20.18.138 d. Melbourne 18.7.115
Goals - Flower 4, Code 3, Biffin 2, Dullard 2, Hutchison 2, Whitford 2, Clayton 1, Gordon 1, Smith 1
Best - Giles, Flower, Hutchison
Round 8
Melbourne 21.16.142 d. Hawthorn 12.12.114
Goals - Whitford 5, Gull 4, Biffin 2, Martyn 2, Wallace 2, Woodman 2, Code 1, Durnan 1, Maynard 1, Moir 1
Best - Giles, K. Whitford, McCormack
Round 9
Melbourne 20.15.135 d.North Melbourne 20.8.128
Goals - Maynard 4, Woodman 4, Bull 3, Code 2, Dullard 2, Whitford 2, Byrne 1, Durnan 1, Thorne 1
Best - Martyn, Code, Sullivan
Round 10
St Kilda 14.11.95 d. Melbourne 11.10.76
Goals - Gull 2, Wallace 2, Woodman 2, Byrne 1, Durnan 1, Lockwood 1, Seaton 1, Thorne 1
Best - Denny, Woodman, Seaton
Round 11
Collingwood 24.11.155 d. Melbourne 16.17.113
Goals - Thorne 4, Gordon 3, Lockwood 2, Woodman 2, Bardoel 1, Hunnibell 1, Maynard 1, Moulton 1, McCormack 1
Best - Woodman, Denny, Wingate
Round 12
Melbourne 13.14.92 d. Footscray 12.13.85
Goals - Gull 5, Biffin 4, Bardoel 1, Coles 1, Seaton 1, Denny 1
Best - Carman, Gull, Seaton
Round 13
Geelong 21.17.143 d. Melbourne 17.20.122
Goals - Biffin 7, McCormack 2, Bardoel 1, Carman 1, Bull 1, Hutchinson 1, Wallace 1, Whitford 1, Code 1, Dullard 1
Best - Biffin, Gull, Denny
Round 14
Melbourne 14.8.92 d. Richmond 13.9.87
Goals - Dullard 4, Flower 3, Gull 3, McKenzie 1, Moir 1, O'Donnell 1, Wingate 1
Best - Dullard, Sullivan, Elshaug
Round 15
Melbourne 22.12.144 d. South Melbourne 18.13.121
Goals - Dellamarta 4, Carman 3, Gull 3, O'Donnell 3, Moir 2, Moncrieff 2, Flower 1, Moulton 1, Wallace 1, Whitford 1, Wingate 1
Best - Carman, Sullivan, Hutchison
Round 16
Carlton 16.24.114 d. Melbourne 9.13.67
Boals - Maynard 3, Wallace 2, Barnes 1, Flower 1, O'Donnell 1, Woodman 1
Best - Barnes, Denny, Sullivan
Round 17
Melbourne 27.19.181 d. Fitzroy 7.14.56
Goals - Moir 7, Gull 4, O'Donnell 4, Woodman 3, Bardoel 2, Flower 2, Maynard 2, Dellamarta 1, Wallace 1, Whitfort 1
Best - Burn, Wallace, Elshaug
Round 18
Melbourne 14.20.104 d. Essendon 14.15.99
Goals - Bull 4, O'Donnell 4, Dullard 2, Elshaug 1, Flower 1, Gordon 1, Wallace 1
Best - Elliott, Elshaug, Gordon
Round 19
Hawthorn 13.7.95 d. Melbourne 9.14.68
Goals - Elshaug 2, Gull 2, Denny 1, Dullard 1, Flower 1, Maynard 1, Woodman 1
Best - Elliott, Denny, Sullivan
Team
B: Whitford, Denko, Denny
HB: B. Elliott, Dellamarta, Sullivan
C: T. Flower, Martyn, Gordon
HF: Wallace, Dullard, Maynard
F: Hunnibell, Gull, Thorne
Foll: Woodman, Parrish, Elshaugh
Int from: O'Keefe, Clarke, Lockwood, Halsall, Buntz
Round 20
North Melbourne 21.17.143 d. Melbourne 12.8.80
Goals - Elshaug 5, Gull 2, Martyn 2, Flower 1, Lockwood 1, Maynard 1
Best - Hunnibell, Elshaug, Sullivan
Round 21
Melbourne 13.19.97 d. St Kilda 10.18.78
Goals - Biffin 6, Dellamarta 2, Gordon 2, Hunnibell 1, Lockwood 1, Moir 1
Best - Biffin, Sullivan, Woodman
Round 22
Collingwood 25.30.180 d. Melbourne 9.9.63
Goals - Flower 4, Dellamarta 2, Dullard 1, Halsall 1, O'Donnell 1
Best - Flower, Elliott, Halsall
Ladder
| W | D | L | % | P: | |
| Collingwood | 15 | 0 | 7 | 138.5 | 60 |
| North Melbourne | 15 | 0 | 7 | 135.5 | 60 |
| Footscray | 15 | 0 | 7 | 124.3 | 60 |
| Carlton | 14 | 0 | 8 | 117.0 | 56 |
| Geelong | 14 | 0 | 8 | 113.3 | 56 |
| Richmond | 13 | 0 | 9 | 114.7 | 52 |
| Essendon | 12 | 0 | 10 | 109.4 | 48 |
| Hawthorn | 9 | 0 | 13 | 93.8 | 36 |
| Melbourne | 8 | 0 | 14 | 87.5 | 32 |
| South Melbourne | 8 | 0 | 14 | 78.7 | 32 |
| St Kilda | 5 | 0 | 17 | 58.2 | 20 |
| Fitzroy | 4 | 0 | 18 | 67.3 | 16 |
Goalkickers
Notes
McKenzie is possibly Lindsay McKenzie
Gees is probably Giles