| Matches | Ladder | Finals | Goalkickers | ||
Captain - Brian Goldberg
Home and Away
Round 1
BYE
Round 2
Melbourne 20.13.133 d. Fitzroy 10.12.72
Best - Lamb, Lemon, Nelson
Goals - Burgmann 5, Wilkins 3, Lamb 3, Sullivan 2, Nelson 2, B. Goldberg 1, Robins 1, Hopgood 1, Francis 1, Neitz 1
Round 3
Melbourne 26.15.171 d. Geelong 16.16.112
Best - Robins, Francis, Lamb
Goals - Lamb 4, Sullivan 4, Francis 4, Wilkins 3, O'Sullivan 3, Shannon 2, Neitz 2, Pannoza 1, Pinches 1, Aubrey 1, Hartman 1
Round 4
Melbourne 11.10.76 d. North Melbourne 9.10.64
Best - Robins, Hopgood, P. Goldberg
Goals - Coote 3, Robins 2, Hopgood 2, O'Sullivan 1, Merritt 1, Siderellis 1, MacKenzie 1
Round 5
Melbourne 12.12.84 d. Hawthorn 8.14.62
Best: Siderellis, O'Sullivan, Carroll
Goals: Wilkins 6, O'Sullivan 2, Merritt 1, Goldberg 1, Buckley 1, Coote 1
Round 6
Essendon 14.7.91 d. Melbourne 13.13.91
Best: P. Goldberg, B. Goldberg, Hopgood
Goals: Merritt 3, Coote 2, Panozzo 1, P. Goldberg 1, Wilkins 1, B. Goldberg 1, B, Fafatoulis 1, A. Williams 1, Lemon 1, Nelson 1
Round 7
Collingwood 15.10.100 d. Melbourne 12.18.90
Best - W. Lemon, Burgmann, Woodland
Goals - Merritt 3, Wilkins 2, Hopgood 2, Lamb 2, Woodland 1, Burgmann 1, Neitz 1
Round 8
Melbourne 12.9.81 d. Carlton 9.16.70
Best - Nelson, Sullivan, T. Goldberg
Goals - Lemon 5, Burgmann 2, Sullivan 2, Wilkins 1, Siderellis 1, Aubrey 1
Round 9 -
Melbourne 16.18.114 d. Sydney 14.14.98
Best - P. Goldberg, Robins, Sullivan
Goals - P. Goldberg 3, Robins 3, Lemon 3, Sullivan 2, Coote 2, B. Goldberg 1, Buckley 1, Fafatoulis 1
Melbourne lost the points due to having an ineligible player.
Round 10
Melbourne 16.15.111 d. Richmond 15.9.99
Best - Robins, Siderellis, Sullivan
Goals - Burgmann 4, Francis 3, Siderellis 2, Hopgood 2, Lemon 2, Hartman 2, Sullivan 1
Round 11
Melbourne 18.19.127 d. St Kilda 8.10.58
Best - Wilkins, Merritt, MacKenzie
Goals - Merritt 6, Lamb 2, Coote 2, B. Goldberg 2, P. Goldberg 1, Wilkins 1, Fafatoulis 1, Aubrey 1, Carroll 1, D. Taylor 1
Round 12 (played Sunday 9 June)
Melbourne 18.10.118 d. Footscray 5.3.33
Best - Lamb, Wilkins, Carroll
Goals - Lamb 6 , Merritt 5, Neitz 4, Burgmann 2, Theordore 1, Hartman 1
Round 13
Melbourne 8.9.57 d. Fitzroy 4.9.33
Best - Siderellis, C. O'Brien, Taylor
Goals - Sullivan 3, Lamb 2, D. McCarthy 1, Fafatoulis 1, Aubrey 1
Round 14
Geelong 10.15.75 d. Melbourne 4.8.32
Best - Lemon, Neitz, Carroll
Goals - McCarthy 2, Aubrey 1, Carroll 1
Round 15
North Melbourne 9.12.66 d. Melbourne 5.12.42
Best - O'Brien, Wilkins, Shannon
Goals - Siderellis 2, McCarthy 1, Burgmann 1, Neitz 1
Round 16
Hawthorn 24.14.158 d. Melbourne 8.13.61
Best - Goonewardene, Mackenzie, Nelson
Goals - Pinches 3, Merritt 2, Aubrey 2, Nelson 1
Round 17
BYE
Round 18
Collingwood 19.13.127 d. Melbourne 15.13.103
Best - Nelson, Sullivan, Pinches
Goals - Merritt 3, Taylor 2, Burgmann 2, Hartman 2, Goonewardene 1, Fafatoulis 1, Mackenzie 1, Lemon 1, Aubrey 1, Nelson 1
Round 19
Essendon 13.10.88 d. Melbourne 8.16.64
Best - Aubrey, Burgmann, Shannon
Goals - Merritt 1, McCarthy 1, Burgmann 1, Siderellis 1, Coote 1, Harwood 1
Round 20
Sydney 26.17.173 d. Melbourne 14.10.94
Best - Nelson, Fafatoulis, Sullivan
Goals - McCarthy 7, Siderellis 3, Merritt, 2, Hopgood 1, Aubrey 1
Round 21
Melbourne 22.17.149 d. Carlton 5.4.34
Best - Nelson, Lemon, Lamb
Goals - McCarthy 6, Lamb 3, Hartman 3, P. Goldberg 2, Burgmann 2, Taylor 1, Siderellis 1, O'Brien 1, Sullivan 1, Fafatoulis 1, Coote 1
Round 22
Melbourne 18.20.128 d. St Kilda 0.9.9
Best - Lemon, Sullivan, Carroll
Goals - Harwood 4, McCarthy 3, Siderellis 3, Aubrey 2, P. Goldberg 1, C. O'Brien 1, Pinches 1, Fafatoulis 1, Coote 1, Lemon 1
Round 23
Melbourne 12.13.85 d. Richmond 10.10.70
Best - Carroll, Siderellis, Coote
Goals - McCarthy 4, Sullivan 2, Lemon 2, O'Brien 1, Fafatoulis 1, Coote 1, Harwood 1
Round 24
Melbourne 29.16.190 d. Footscray 8.11.59
Best - Lamb, Goonewardene, Sullivan
Goals - Lamb 10, McCarthy 7, P. Goldberg 3, Siderellis 2, Sullivan 2, Fafatoulis 2, McKenzie 1, Harwood 1, Nelson 1
Elimination Final - 7 September at Princes Park
Richmond 23.18.156 d. Melbourne 12.11.83
Best - D. Carroll, Aubrey, Taylor
Goals - McCarthy 4, Fafatoulis 4, Siderellis 2, Grigg 1, Harwood 1
Ladder
| W | D | L | % | P | |
| Collingwood | 17 | 0 | 5 | 179.6 | 68 |
| North Melbourne | 16 | 0 | 6 | 154.1 | 64 |
| Hawthorn | 16 | 0 | 6 | 153.3 | 64 |
| Essendon | 14 | 1 | 7 | 118.9 | 58 |
| Melbourne | 13 | 1 | 8 | 125.7 | 54 |
| Richmond | 13 | 0 | 9 | 118.7 | 52 |
| Sydney | 12 | 0 | 10 | 120.5 | 48 |
| Carlton | 10 | 0 | 12 | 68.9 | 40 |
| Fitzroy | 6 | 0 | 16 | 75.1 | 24 |
| St Kilda | 6 | 0 | 16 | 55.9 | 24 |
| Geelong | 5 | 0 | 17 | 69.6 | 20 |
| Footscray | 3 | 0 | 19 | 52.6 | 12 |
Goalkickers
| Goals | Player | ||||
| 36 | Danny McCarthy | ||||
| 32 | Wayne Lamb | ||||
| 27 | Gary Merritt | ||||
| 20 | Shane Burgmann | ||||
| 19 | Chris Sullivan | ||||
| 18 | Terry Siderellis | ||||
| 17 | Glenn Wilkins | ||||
| 15 | Robert Lemon | ||||
| 14 | Travis Coote Bill Fafatoulis | ||||
| 11 | Cameron Aubrey Phillip Goldberg | ||||
| 9 | Ricky Hartman David Neitz | ||||
| 8 | Jason Harwood Paul Hopgood | ||||
| 8 | Fabian Francis | ||||
| 6 | Scott Nelson Haydn Robins O'Sullivan | ||||
| 5 | Brian Goldberg Brad Pinches | ||||
| 4 | David Taylor | ||||
| 3 | Mark MacKenzie Christian O'Brien | ||||
| 2 | Niall Buckley Troy Shannon Carroll Pannoza | ||||
| 1 | Keith Goonewardene Jordan Grigg Simon Theodore Robert Woodland Goldberg A. Williams | ||||