Captain - Phillip Greene
Best and Fairest - Phillip Greene
Second Best and Fairest - Greg Boyle
Special Awards - Tony Elshaug, Paul O'Brien, Peter Bardoel
Round 1
Footscray 12.13.85 d. Melbourne 8.4.62
Goals - Denko 3, Dickson 2, Bull 1, Juliffe 1, Stromjlani 1
Best - Parrish, Bardoel, Boyle
Round 2
Geelong 22.15.147 d. Melbourne 16.16.112
Goals - Cumming 4, Thorne 4, Greene 3, Denko 2, Bardoel 1, Dickson 1, Juliffe 1
Best - McCormack, Hewitt, Boyle
Round 3
Melbourne 14.13.97 d. South Melbourne 10.14.74
Goals - Denko 4, Bardoel 3, Cumming 2, Maynard 2, Hape 1, Juliff 1, Thorne 1
Best - Moncrieff, Maynard, Todd
Round 4
Richmond 23.10.148 d. Melbourne 17.13.115
Goals - Bardoel 4, Thorne 4, Denko 3, Elshaug 2, Maynard 2, Burn 1, Jullief 1
Best - Todd, O'Brien, Bardoel
Round 5
Melbourne 13.9.87 d. Carlton 9.11.65
Goals - Thorne 5, Bardoel 3, Cochrane 2, Burn 1, Denko 1, Love 1
Best - Bickford, Logie, Greene
Round 6
Fitzroy 14.15.99 d. Melbourne 10.7.67
Goals - Walters 3, Elshaug 2, Hope 2, Bardoel 1, Juliff 1, Moncrieff 1
Best - Bickford, O'Brien, Parish
Round 7
Essendon 13.13.91 d. Melbourne 11.17.83
Goals - Logie 2, McKissick 2, Walters 2, Bardoel 1, Bickford 1, Durnan 1, Hope 1, Juliff 1
Best - Parish, Greene, Durnan
Round 8
Melbourne 18.20.128 d. Hawthorn 7.9.51
Goals - Boyle 3, Burn 3, Walters 3, Bardoel 2, Chapple 2, Hope 2, McKissick 1, Moncrieff 1, Parish 1
Best - Parish, Boyle, Bickford
Round 9
Melbourne 14.15.99 d. North Melbourne 14.11.95
Goals - Boyle 3, Moncrieff 3, Chapple 2, Dickson 1, Hope 1, McKissick 1, Walters 1
Best - Boyle, Pickford, Parish
Round 10
St. Kilda 14.6.90 d. Melbourne 11.22.88
Goals - Logie 3, Parish 3, Walters 2, Chappell 1, Byrne 1, Elshaug 1
Best - McKissack, Elshaug, O'Brien
Round 11
Melbourne 12.9.81 d. Collingwood 10.11.71
Goals - Boyle 4, Logie 4, Chapple 1, Dickinson 1, Elshaug 1, O'Brien 1
Best - Elshaug, Boyle, Love
Round 12
Melbourne 15.14.104 d. Footscray 9.5.59
Goals - Boyle 5, Dickson 4, Parish 2, Chapple 1, Cochrane 1, Elshaug 1, Todd 1
Best - McKissack, Elshaug, Buntz
Round 13
Melbourne 11.22.88 d. Geelong 12.5.77
Goals - Chapple 3, Thorne 3, Boyle 2, Logie 2, Dickson 1
Best - Greene, Elshaug, Parish
Round 14
Melbourne 17.15.117 d. Richmond 12.11.83
Goals - Thorne 4, Vanderheyden 3, Chappel 3, Boyle 2, O'Brien 2, Adams 1, Parish 1, Walters 1
Best - Burn, Parish, Thorne
Round 15
Melbourne 21.16.142 d. South Melbourne 10.9.69
Goals - Bardoel 4, Elshaug 3, Vanderheyden 3, Boyle 2, Chappell 2, Hope 2, Richard 2, Bickford 1, Dickson 1, O'Brien 1
Best - Elshaug, Vanderheyden, Green
Round 16
Carlton 16.14.110 d. Melbourne 8.16.64
Goals - Bardoel 2, Richards 2, Burn 1, Juliffe 1, McCormack 1, Parish 1
Best - Cochrane, Green, Vanderheyden
Round 17
Fitzroy 17.15.117 d. Melbourne 14.19.97
Goals - Boyle 3, Bickford 2, Richards 2, Vanderheyden 2, Adams 1, Cochrane 1, Logie 1, Todd 1, Walters 1
Best - Unknown
Round 18
Melbourne 17.21.123 d. Essendon 11.21.78
Goals - Sier 4, Bardoel 3, O'Brien 3, Boyle 2, Julliff 1, McCormack 1, McKissack 1, Richards 1, Vanderheyden 1
Best - Moncrieff, Logie, Denko
Round 19
Melbourne 10.18.78 d. Hawthorn 9.9.63
Goals - Cochrane 3, Sier 3, Bardoel 1, McKissack 1, Moncrieff 1, O'Brien 1
Best - O'Brien, Richards, Cochrane
Round 20
North Melbourne 13.17.86 d. Melbourne 10.11.71
Goals - Bardoel 4, McCormack 2, Boyle 1, Burn 1, Chappel 1, Juliffe 1
Best - Bickford, Todd, Green
Round 21
Melbourne 20.15.135 d. St Kilda 10.9.69
Goals - Parish 5, Juliff 3, Thorne 3, Bardoel 2, Bickford 2, Boyle 2, Greene 1, Moncrieff 1, O'Brien 1
Best - Unknown
Round 22
Melbourne 18.15.123 d. Collingwood 13.10.88
Elimination Final
Fitzroy 15.9.99 d. Melbourne 11.9.75
Goals - Bardoel 2, Cochrane 2, Boyle 2, Elshaug 2, McCormack 1, Parish 1, Thorne 1
Best - Moncrieffe, Thorne, Bickford
Ladder
| W | D | L | % | P | |
| Geelong | 15 | 1 | 6 | 114.8 | 62 |
| Carlton | 15 | 0 | 7 | 126.3 | 60 |
| North Melbourne | 14 | 1 | 7 | 114.4 | 58 |
| Fitzroy | 14 | 0 | 8 | 111.5 | 56 |
| Melbourne | 13 | 0 | 9 | 112.8 | 52 |
| Richmond | 13 | 0 | 9 | 109.9 | 52 |
| Collingwood | 12 | 0 | 10 | 113.6 | 48 |
| Essendon | 12 | 0 | 10 | 97.4 | 48 |
| Hawthorn | 8 | 1 | 13 | 101.7 | 34 |
| Footscray | 8 | 0 | 14 | 79.1 | 32 |
| St Kilda | 4 | 1 | 17 | 71.0 | 18 |
| South Melbourne | 2 | 0 | 20 | 68.2 | 8 |