Captain - Greg Hutchison
Best and Fairest - Adrian Battiston
Round 1
Melbourne 18.14.122 d. Collingwood 16.13.109
Goals - Cordner 5, Tossol 4, Tanner 2, Sutcliffe 2, Dickson 2, Bailey 1, T. Fidge 1, Fisher 1
Best - Tanner, Fisher, Cordner
Round 2
Melbourne 25.13.162 d. Swans 14.4.88
Goals - P. Tossol 7, Dickson 5, T. Fidge 5, Allday 3, Withers 2, Durnan 1, Hutchinson 1, Kol 1
Best - McLean, P. Tossol, T. Fidge
Round 3
Melbourne 19.15.129 d. Hawthorn 16.15.111
Goals - Cordner 6, Holden 3, Withers 3, Healy 3, Sutcliffe 2, Hutchinson 2, J. Fidge 2, Bailey 1, Ellingworth 1
Best - Withers, J. Fidge, Allday
Round 4
Essendon 15.13.103 d. Melbourne 11.10.76
Goals - Cordner 4, Healy 2, Hutchison 2, Kol 1, Castles 1, Williams 1
Best - Healy, Cordner and Louttit
Round 5
Melbourne 21.19.145 d. North Melbourne 15.21.111
Goals - Cordner 9, Battiston 3, Healy 2, Tanner 2, Williams 2, Bailey 1, Ellingworth 1, Kol 1
Best - Cordner, McLean, Sutcliffe
Round 6
Melbourne 21.15.141 d. Geelong 10.14.76
Battiston 3, T. Fidge 3, Tanner 3, Ellingworth 2, Hutchison 2, Thorn 2, Durnan 1, Hutchinson 1, O'Donnell 1, Sutcliffe 1, Zantuck 1, Fisher 1
Best - Tanner, Thorn, Yeats
Round 7
Carlton 21.17.143 d. Melbourne 14.16.100
Goals - McCarthy 4, Williams 3, Battiston 2, Allday 1, Grinter 1, Hutchinson 1, Tanner 1, Yeates 1
Best - Durnan, Hutchinson, McCarthy
Round 8
Fitzroy 18.17.125 d. Melbourne 14.17.101
Goals - Grinter 4, G. Hutchinson 2, Durnan 1, Fisher 1, B. Hutchinson 1, Joycey 1, McDonald 1, Ward 1, Tossol 1, Howard 1
Best - G. Hutchinson, Grinter, Battiston
Round 9
Melbourne 20.14.134 d. Footscray 15.12.102
Goals - Grinter 5, Reynolds 5, Boland 2, Battiston 2, Hutchison 2, Tossol 2, Howard 1, Joycey 1
Best - Battiston, Boland, Reynolds
Round 10
Melbourne 24.18.162 d. Richmond 12.13.85
Goals - Grinter 3, Holden 3, O'Donnell 3, Reynolds 3, Boland 2, Dickson 2, Joycey 2, N. Kol 2, Durnan 1, Hutchinson 1, Ward 1, Newport 1
Best - Dickson, O'Donnell, Joycey
Round 11
Melbourne 31.16.202 d. St Kilda 14.12.96
Goals - Reynolds 7, Tanner 4, Connolly 4, Kol 3, Howard 3, Richards 3, Holden 2, Hughes 2, Dickson 2, Hutchison 1
Best - Connolly, Dickson, Hughes
Round 12
Melbourne 17.12.114 d. Sydney 16.12.108
Goals - Reynolds 5, Battiston 2, Howard 2, Tanner 2, Ellingworth 1, Hutchinson 1, Kol 1, Wright 1, McDonald 1, Fisher 1
Best - Tanner, Fisher, Hutchison
Round 13
Melbourne 17.16.118 d. Hawthorn 11.11.77
Goals - Fisher 4, McCarty 3, Hutchison 3, Ward 2, Boland 1, Hughes 1, Howard 1, Kol 1, O'Donnell 1
Best - Fisher, Boland, Wright
Round 14
Melbourne 19.17.131 d. Essendon 14.8.92
Goals - McDonald 4, Battiston 3, Howard 3, Conger 2, Hughes 2, Hutchinson 2, Cowling 1, Fisher 1, Hutchison 1
Best - Allday, Boland, Battiston
Round 15
Melbourne 15.16.106 d. North Melbourne 10.15.75
Goals - Battiston 3, Howard 3, Rugolo 3, Dickson 2, Fisher 1, Grinter 1, Nichols 1, Wright 1
Best - Allday, Battiston, Dickson
Round 16
Geelong 17.13.115 d. Melbourne 11.13.79
Goals - Fidge 4, Battiston 2, Rugolo 2, Thorne 2, Tanner 1
Best - Durnan, Tanner, Wright
Melbourne were initially awarded the points when Geelong were deemed to have fielded an unregistered player but before Round 22 the decision was reverssed.
Round 17
Melbourne 18.10.118 d. Carlton 10.9.69
Goals - Hutchinson 3, Rugolo 3, Battiston 2, Earley 2, Thorn 2, Bailey 1, Dickson 1, Fidge 1, Ellingworth 1, Withers 1, Ward 1
Best - Battiston, Fisher, Kol
Round 18
Melbourne 21.26.152 d. Fitzroy 17.15.117
Goals - P. Tossol 4, Wilson 4, Rugolo 3, Smith 2, Keenan 2, Dickson 1, Bailey 1, Earley 1, T. Fidge 1, Hutchison 1, Withers 1
Best - Holden, Fisher, P. Tossol
Round 19
Footscray 24.16.160 d. Melbourne 10.15.73
Goals - Battiston 3, Hutchison 2, Hutchinson 1, Keenan 1, Reynolds 1, Tossol 1, Cox 1
Best - Durnan, Earley, Fidge
Round 20
Melbourne 22.18.150 d. Collingwood 10.16.76
Goals - T. Fidge 4, Hutchison 4, Templeton 4, Reynolds 3, Battiston 2, Thorne 2, Durnan 1, Howard 1, Hutchinson 1
Best - Durnan, Howard, T. Fidge
Round 21
Melbourne 14.22.106 d. St Kilda 16.4.100
Goals - Thorn 4, Templeton 3, Battiston 1, Ellingworth 1, Hughes 1, Reynolds 1, Tossol 1, Withers 1, Wright 1
Best - Hughes, Ellingworth, Withers
Round 22
Melbourne 36.18.234 d. Richmond 18.8.116
Goals - Thorn 5, Battiston 4, Connolly 4, Hutchison 3, Hutchinson 3, Fidge 3, O'Donnell 3, Wright 3, Withers 3, Tossol 2, Bailey 1, Reynolds 1, O'Sullivan 1
Best - Team effort
Semi Final
Melbourne 25.11.161 d. Carlton 10.9.69
Goals - Wilson 10, Hutchison 3, Rugolo 3, Withers 2, Thorne 1, Battiston 1, Wright 1, Tossol 1, Tanner 1, T. Fidge 1, J. Fidge 1
Best - J. Fidge, Allday, Bailey
Grand Final
Melbourne 11.15.81 d. Carlton 6.9.45
Goals - Wilson 5, J. Rugolo 3, T. Fidge 1, Tanner 1, Hutchison 1
Best - Unavailable
Ladder
Goalkickers
| Goals | Player |
| 33 | Adrian Battiston |
| 26 | Michael Reynolds |
| 25 | Greg Hutchison |
| 24 | David Cordner |
| 18 | Bret Hutchinson Xavier Tanner Peter Thorne |
| 17 | Joe Rugolo |
| 16 | Ted Fidge |
| 15 | Dale Dickson Michael Howard Brian Wilson |
| 14 | Rod Grinter |
| 13 | Mark Withers |
| 12 | Tossol |
| 11 | Peter Tossol |
| 10 | Ross Fisher Nigel Kol |
| 8 | Chris Connolly Ray Holden Fidge Kelly O'Donnell |
| 7 | Roger Ellingworth Greg Healy Kelvin Templeton Rodney Wright |
| 6 | Bret Bailey Jim Durnan Danny Hughes Mark McDonald Scott Sutcliffe David Williams |
| 5 | Glenn Boland Shane Ward |
| 4 | David Allday Bruce Joycey McCarthy |
| 3 | Paul Earley John Fidge Peter Keenan McCarty Kelvin Richards |
| 2 | Conger Smith |
| 1 | Trevor Castles Malcolm Cowling Darryl Cox Stephen Newport Jeremy Nichols Michael O'Sullivan Graeme Yeats Shane Zantuck |
- 12 Tossol, 8 Fidge and 3 McCarty goals are not attributed to a specific brother
- McCarthy and McCarty are probably the same players.
- Smith is probably Cameron Smith