Practice match - Saturday 15 March - Glenferrie Oval
vs Hawthorn
Round 1
Melbourne 11.14.80 d. North Melbourne 11.11.77
Goals - Bradly 4, Grgic 2, Gardiner 1, Goodale 1, Kowal 1, Robertson 1, Seecamp 1
Best - Bassett, Goodale, Pesch
Round 2
Collingwood 16.7.103 d. Melbourne 8.13.61
Goals - Bradly 3, Robertson 2, Goodale 2, Seecamp 1
Best - McHardy, Goodale, Bassett
Round 3
Sydney 12.16.88 d. Melbourne 13.5.83
Goals - Nicholson 4, Bradly 3, Robertson 2, Irving 1, Kowal 1, David Cockatoo-Collins 1, Gardiner 1, Physick 1
Best - Irving, Bassett, Nicholson
Round 4
Western Bulldogs 14.27.111 d. Melbourne 9.8.62
Goals - David Cockatoo-Collins 3, Bishop 2, Nicholson 1, Murphy 1, Bradly 1, Irving 1
Best - Seecamp, Irving, David Cockatoo-Collins
Round 5
BYE
Round 6
St Kilda 15.21.111 d. Melbourne 4.7.31
Goals - Newton 1, Hardie 1, Lamprill 1, Goodale 1
Best - Winterton, Ward, De Crespigny
Round 7
Hawthorn 12.6.78 d. Melbourne 7.17.59
Goals - Yze 2, J. McDonald 2, Nicholson 1, Robertson 1, Winterton 1
Best - Yze, Nicholson, Grgic
Round 8
Geelong 17.15.117 d. Melbourne 6.11.47
Goals - Bolton 2, Newton 1, Nicholson 1, Ward 1, Robertson 1
Best - Irving, Bolton, Winterton
Round 9
Carlton 18.13.121 d. Melbourne 11.12.78
Goals - Robertson 2, David Cockatoo-Collins 2, Black 2, Irving 2, Bishop 1, Finnochiaro 1, Ward 1
Best - Robertson, Winterton, Black
Round 10
Richmond 22.10.142 d. Melbourne 10.9.69
Goals - Irving 2, Bishop 2, Bolton 1, Goodale 1, Robertson 1, Black 1, Lamprill 1, De Crespigny 1
Best - McHardy, Goodale, Hardie
Round 11
Sydney 22.12.144 d. Melbourne 7.8.50
Goals - Bradly 2, Robertson 2, Grgic 1, Gardiner 1, David Cockatoo-Collins 1
Best - McHardy, Winterton, Goodale
Round 12
Western Bulldogs 21.14.140 d. Melbourne 11.7.73
Goalkickers
Leigh Newton 3, Mark Bradly 2, Mark Winterton 1, Matthew Bishop 1, "Black" 1, "Anderson" 1, David Cockatoo-Collins 1, Russell Robertson 1
Best
Newton, Garbers, Anderson
Round 13
Hawthorn 14.13.97 d. Melbourne 5.14.44
Goalkickers
Nick Pesch 2, James McDonald 1, Leigh Newton 1
Best
Unavailable
Round 14
Essendon 16.11.107 d. Melbourne 9.6.60
Goals - Bradly 2, Pesch 1, Kowal 1, Padley 1, Goodale 1, Robertson 1, Dimmatina 1, Evans 1
Best - Irving, Bradly, Goodale
Round 15
Carlton 21.14.140 d. Melbourne 8.13.61
Goals - C. Robertson 2, Hardie 1, Zorzi 1, Bradly 1, R. Robertson 1, Donald Cockatoo-Collins 1, Irving 1
R. Robertson, O'Brien, Bradly
Selected team
B: O'Toole, Lamprill, Gardiner
HB: Ward, Bradly, C. Robertson
C: David Cockatoo-Collins, O'Brien, Winterton
HF: Donald Cockatoo-Collins, R. Robertson, J. McDonald
F: Hardie, McHardy, Zorzi
Foll: Irving, Goodale, Kowal
Int: Padley
Also played - Bevacqua
Round 16
North Melbourne 19.9.123 d. Melbourne 10.8.68
Goalkickers
Nathan Bassett 3, James McDonald 2, Russell Robertson 2, David Cockatoo-Collins 1, Matthew Bishop 1, Mark Winterton 1
Best
Unavailable
Round 17
Collingwood 14.23.107 d. Melbourne 7.10.52
Goalkickers
Nathan Bassett 2, Dean Irving 1, Russell Robertson 1, Clayton Gardiner 1, Mark Winterton 1, "De Crespigny" 1
Best
Lamprill, Irving, Robertson
Round 18
Sydney 21.13.139 d. Melbourne 9.9.63
Goalkickers
Clayton Gardiner 3, Nathan Bassett 2, Hayden Lamaro 2, "Hardie" 1, Russell Robertson 1
Best
Robertson, Bassett, Lamprill
Round 19
Western Bulldogs 14.15.99 d. Melbourne 14.12.96
Goalkickers
Russell Robertson 5, James McDonald 2, Dean Irving 2, Mark Winterton 1, Nick Pesch 1, "D. Stynes)) 1, Heath Goodale 1, Andrew Obst 1
Best
Goodale, Irving, O'Brien
Round 20
BYE
Round 21
St. Kilda 12.13.85 d. Melbourne 9.9.63
Goalkickers
"Tivendale" 3, "Saddington" 2, "Schrama" 1, "Sutcliffe" 1, Heath Goodale 1, Nick Pesch
Best
Goodale, Clarkson, Lamaro
Round 22
Melbourne 16.11.107 d. Richmond 14.15.99
Goalkickers
Craig Nettelbeck 3, Mark Winterton 3, Mark Bradly 3, Clayton Gardiner 2, "D. Stynes" 1, "Sutcliffe" 1, Dean Irving 1, "Schrama" 1, "Frost" 1
Best
Nettelbeck, Bassett, Irving
Ladder
W | D | L | % | P
| |
| Western Bulldogs | 15 | 0 | 5 | 142.4 | 60 |
| Richmond | 15 | 0 | 5 | 131.9 | 60 |
| Sydney | 14 | 0 | 6 | 126.1 | 56 |
| St. Kilda | 13 | 0 | 7 | 117.1 | 52 |
| Hawthorn | 12 | 0 | 8 | 108.2 | 48 |
| North Melbourne | 11 | 0 | 9 | 105.0 | 44 |
| Carlton | 11 | 0 | 9 | 99.1 | 44 |
| Collingwood | 7 | 0 | 13 | 89.2 | 28 |
| Geelong | 6 | 0 | 14 | 79.9 | 24 |
| Essendon | 4 | 0 | 16 | 71.7 | 16 |
| Melbourne | 2 | 0 | 18 | 58.7 | 8 |
Goalkickers
| Goals | Player | ||||
| 24 | Russell Robertson | ||||
| 21 | Mark Bradly | ||||
| 11 | Dean Irving | ||||
| 9 | Clayton Gardiner David Cockatoo-Collins Mark Winterton | ||||
| 7 | Heath Goodale Matthew Bishop James McDonald Alistair Nicholson Nathan Bassett | ||||
| 6 | Nick Pesch | ||||
| 5 | Leigh Newton | ||||
| 4 | Darren Kowal Black | ||||
| 3 | Brent Grgic Tivendale Bolton Daniel Ward De Crespigny Craig Nettelbeck | ||||
| 2 | Adem Yze Marcus Seecamp Saddington Schrama Sutcliffe C. Robertson Hardie Hayden Lamaro D. Stynes | ||||
| 1 | Andrew Obst Donald Cockatoo-Collins Murphy Physick Finnochiaro Andrew Lamprill Ricky Frost Lee Anderson Padley Dimmatina Evans Zorzi | ||||
Reserves Best and Fairest
| Player | |||||
| 1st | Heath Goodale | ||||
| 2nd | Dean Irving | ||||
| 3rd | Russell Robertson | ||||
| 4th | Leigh Newton | ||||
| 5th | Nathan Bassett | ||||