Coach: Neil Balme
Captain: Garry Lyon
Finishing Position: 9th
Best and Fairest: Jim Stynes
Leading Goalkicker: Garry Lyon (77)
Best First Year Player: Adem Yze
Sponsor: Toohey's Blue
Members: 9544
| Matches | Ladder | Playing List | Best and Fairest | Reserves | |
After making the Preliminary Final with slashing attacking football the season before, Melbourne opened as a 7-1 shot for the flag with bookies, and with a new logo which they would continue to use until 2008.
For the first time, the club put on a pre-season, January 'rookie camp' for its new draftees.
After a breakout year in 1994 David Schwarz injured his knee in a pre-season intra-club match. He made a comeback in record time, returning to the side by Round 9, but the injury struck again the next week and his year was over. He was one of a number of losses, Allen Jakovich was delisted after arriving back from injury out of shape, and Sean Charles only played two games after suffering a broken wrist in a pre-season game. Brett Lovett missed the first two games with a hand injury from the same game.
The last round became a knockout with the winner of the game against Brisbane to make the finals. The Demons lost, and once again a year that had promised so much had failed to deliver.
Despite missing the final eight the club had their best financial results in a decade, making a profit of $321,650. Despite this the club flagged losses of up to $50,000 a game from future home matches they were being forced to play at Princes Park and threatened to take legal action against the league if they weren't compensated for their losses. The club was banned from displaying signage by their sponsor Tooheys at the ground due to an exclusivity agreement between the ground and CUB.
Practice Matches
| Opposition | Result | Score | |||
| Hawthorn | WIN | 58-57 | |||
| Adelaide | LOSS | 40-125 | |||
| Richmond | LOSS | 70-86 | |||
| Collingwood | LOSS | 79-90 | |||
Ansett Cup
| Round | Opposition | Result | Score | ||
| 1 | West Coast | LOSS | 77-111 | ||
Premiership Season
| Round | Opposition | Result | Score | ||
| 1 | Geelong | LOSS | 73-87 | ||
| 2 | North Melbourne | LOSS | 87-106 | ||
| 3 | Essendon | LOSS | 82-98 | ||
| 4 | Footscray | LOSS | 80-103 | ||
| 5 | West Coast | LOSS | 74-90 | ||
| 6 | Adelaide | LOSS | 69-77 | ||
| 7 | Brisbane Bears | WIN | 82-75 | ||
| 8 | Hawthorn | WIN | 112-50 | ||
| 9 | Collingwood | WIN | 85-58 | ||
| 10 | Sydney | WIN | 102-77 | ||
| 11 | Carlton | LOSS | 80-112 | ||
| 12 | St. Kilda | WIN | 90-73 | ||
| 13 | Richmond | WIN | 95-84 | ||
| 14 | Fremantle | WIN | 102-50 | ||
| 15 | Fitzroy | WIN | 131-50 | ||
| 16 | Geelong | LOSS | 82-111 | ||
| 17 | North Melbourne | WIN | 102-80 | ||
| 18 | Essendon | LOSS | 73-106 | ||
| 19 | Footscray | LOSS | 58-78 | ||
| 20 | West Coast | LOSS | 75-104 | ||
| 21 | Adelaide | LOSS | 115-146 | ||
| 22 | Brisbane Bears | LOSS | 89-110 | ||
Ladder
| W | D | L | % | P | |
| Carlton | 20 | 0 | 2 | 137.8 | 80 |
| Geelong | 16 | 0 | 6 | 131.9 | 64 |
| Richmond | 15 | 1 | 6 | 107.9 | 62 |
| Essendon | 14 | 2 | 6 | 127.6 | 60 |
| West Coast | 14 | 0 | 8 | 122.9 | 56 |
| North Melbourne | 14 | 0 | 8 | 114.8 | 56 |
| Footscray | 11 | 1 | 10 | 91.5 | 46 |
| Brisbane | 10 | 0 | 12 | 95.3 | 40 |
| Melbourne | 9 | 0 | 13 | 100.7 | 36 |
| Collingwood | 8 | 2 | 12 | 96.8 | 36 |
| Adelaide | 9 | 0 | 13 | 80.1 | 36 |
| Sydney | 8 | 0 | 14 | 100.7 | 32 |
| Fremantle | 8 | 0 | 14 | 92.8 | 32 |
| St. Kilda | 8 | 0 | 14 | 80.3 | 32 |
| Hawthorn | 7 | 0 | 15 | 94.0 | 28 |
| Fitzroy | 2 | 0 | 20 | 58.2 | 8 |
Playing List
| Number | Name | Games | Goals | ||
| 1 | Sean Charles | 2 | 4 | ||
| 2 | Stephen Tingay | 18 | 11 | ||
| 3 | Garry Lyon | 20 | 77 | ||
| 4 | Andrew Obst | 21 | 6 | ||
| 5 | David Schwarz | 2 | 3 | ||
| 6 | Glenn Lovett | 18 | 13 | ||
| 7 | Darren Kowal | 18 | 5 | ||
| 8 | Graeme Yeats | 6 | 0 | ||
| 9 | David Neitz | 22 | 33 | ||
| 10 | Marcus Seecamp | 22 | 3 | ||
| 11 | Jim Stynes | 22 | 9 | ||
| 12 | Todd Viney | 17 | 4 | ||
| 13 | Ivan Bartul | 0 | 0 | ||
| 14 | Michael Polley | 0 | 0 | ||
| 15 | Paul Hopgood | 17 | 1 | ||
| 16 | Andy Lovell | 20 | 24 | ||
| 17 | Brett Lovett | 12 | 2 | ||
| 18 | Brad Hall | 0 | 0 | ||
| 19 | Paul Prymke | 21 | 1 | ||
| 20 | Matthew Febey | 21 | 3 | ||
| 21 | Steven Febey | 22 | 2 | ||
| 22 | Jeff Hilton | 19 | 2 | ||
| 23 | Kevin Dyson | 18 | 3 | ||
| 24 | Clay Sampson | 5 | 0 | ||
| 25 | Luke Norman | 9 | 3 | ||
| 26 | Greg Doyle | 7 | 0 | ||
| 27 | Sean Wight | 21 | 0 | ||
| 28 | Glenn Molloy | 9 | 2 | ||
| 29 | Shaun Smith | 22 | 51 | ||
| 30 | Daniel Clarke | 0 | 0 | ||
| 32 | Damien Gaspar | 8 | 0 | ||
| 33 | Jeff Farmer | 7 | 4 | ||
| 34 | Dean Irving | 6 | 1 | ||
| 35 | Trent Ormond-Allen | 1 | 0 | ||
| 36 | John Carroll | 0 | 0 | ||
| 37 | Andrew Lamprill | 10 | 1 | ||
| 38 | Martin Heppell | 2 | 0 | ||
| 41 | Peter Rohde | 8 | 3 | ||
| 44 | Adem Yze | 9 | 3 | ||
| 45 | Todd McHardy | 0 | 0 | ||
| 49 | David Cockatoo-Collins | 0 | 0 | ||
Best and Fairest
| Player | Votes | ||||
| 1st | Jim Stynes | 311 | |||
| 2nd | David Neitz | 272 | |||
| 3rd | Paul Prymke | 238 | |||
| 4th | Garry Lyon | 214 | |||
| 5th | Todd Viney | 192 | |||
| 6th | Glenn Lovett | 172 | |||
| 7th | Matthew Febey | 164 | |||
| 8th | Andrew Obst | 154 | |||
| 9th | Marcus Seecamp | 147 | |||
| 10th | Kevin Dyson | 124 | |||
| 10th | Jeff Hilton | 124 | |||
| 12th | Andy Lovell | 116 | |||
| 13th | Shaun Smith | 113 | |||
| 14th | Paul Hopgood | 105 | |||
| 15th | Stephen Tingay | 102 | |||
| 16th | Sean Wight | 97 | |||
| 17th | Brett Lovett | 71 | |||
| 18th | Steven Febey | 66 | |||
| 19th | Adem Yze | 40 | |||
| 20th | Darren Kowal | 37 | |||
| 21st | Damien Gaspar | 11 | |||
| 22nd | Peter Rohde | 6 | |||
| 23rd | Dean Irving | 5 | |||
Other Awards
Best Clubman - David Neitz
Most Consistent Player - David Neitz
Most Improved Player - Paul Prymke
Inspirational Performance - Garry Lyon
Best Team Player - Todd Viney
MCC Award - Peter Rohde and Jim Stynes
Tribunal
| Round | Player | Charge | Sanction | ||
| Ansett Cup R1 | Andy Lovell | Striking | 2 Matches | ||
| Practice match | Jeff Farmer | Offensive gesture to umpire | $1500 fine | ||
| Round 3 | Todd Viney | Striking | 2 matches | ||
| Round 10 | Jeff Hilton | Striking | 3 matches | ||
| Round 15 | Darren Kowal | Attempting to kick | Withdrawn | ||
| Round 22 | Damien Gaspar | Unduly rough play | Unknown | ||
| Round 22 Reserves | Brad Hall | Abusive language | Unknown | ||
Reserves
1995 Reserves Season
Captain - Rod Grinter
Best and Fairest - Peter Rohde
Leading Goalkicker - Daniel Clarke (33)
| W | D | L | % | P | |
| North Melbourne | 19 | 0 | 3 | 177.9 | 76 |
| Footscray | 19 | 0 | 3 | 146.1 | 76 |
| Sydney | 15 | 0 | 7 | 129.8 | 60 |
| Essendon | 13 | 0 | 9 | 114.7 | 52 |
| St Kilda | 12 | 0 | 10 | 101.2 | 48 |
| Collingwood | 12 | 0 | 10 | 98.9 | 48 |
| Geelong | 9 | 0 | 13 | 89.3 | 36 |
| Carlton | 8 | 0 | 14 | 84.7 | 32 |
| Hawthorn | 8 | 0 | 14 | 78.8 | 32 |
| Melbourne | 7 | 0 | 15 | 72.7 | 28 |
| Richmond | 6 | 0 | 16 | 91.4 | 24 |
| Fitzroy | 4 | 0 | 18 | 63.2 | 16 |
Notes
An Under 23 practice match may have been played against Hawthorn. In one of the Adelaide games the club was fined $15,000 for a melee (Age 22/10/95)
Media
Age - 14/01/1995
Canberra Times - 27/07/1995