Coach: n/a
Captain: Dick Wardill
Finishing Position: 6th (Premiers)
Best and Fairest: n/a
Leading Goalkicker: Tommy Ryan (24)
Best First Year Player: n/a
| Matches | Ladder | Playing list | Tribunal | ||
In a season affected by an unusual number of rainy Saturday afternoons, Melbourne won their first VFL premiership despite finishing sixth of eight teams on the ladder. They topped their selectional rounds group on percentage, courtesy of a big win over St Kilda. In Round 1, St Kilda registered their first VFL win after three full seasons, with the original result of a draw was overturned on appeal. They made the Grand Final after beating Essendon in a thrilling Semi Final, then upset a Fitzroy side which won five games more than them in the home and away season.
Controversy over Melbourne's unlikely premiership, their first success at any level since 1876, led to the adoption of a new final four system in 1901. The Fuschias waited another 25 years for their second VFL flag.
The Round 14 game against Carlton was originally scheduled to be played as Round 3 but was postponed until the end of the Home and Away season.
Premiership season
| Round | Opposition | Result | Score | ||
| 1 | St Kilda | LOSS | 67-68 | ||
| 2 | Essendon | WIN | 34-18 | ||
| 3 | Geelong | LOSS | 15-81 | ||
| 4 | Fitzroy | LOSS | 27-66 | ||
| 5 | South Melbourne | LOSS | 41-44 | ||
| 6 | Collingwood | WIN | 66-37 | ||
| 7 | St Kilda | WIN | 108-29 | ||
| 8 | Essendon | WIN | 44-18 | ||
| 9 | Carlton | WIN | 68-33 | ||
| 10 | Geelong | WIN | 40-29 | ||
| 11 | Fitzroy | LOSS | 32-57 | ||
| 12 | South Melbourne | LOSS | 44-48 | ||
| 13 | Collingwood | LOSS | 46-73 | ||
| 14 | Carlton | LOSS | 22-42 | ||
| 15 | Geelong | WIN | 45-28 | ||
| 16 | St. Kilda | WIN | 86-15 | ||
| 17 | Collingwood | LOSS | 24-30 | ||
| SF | Essendon | WIN | 45-43 | ||
| GF | Fitzroy | WIN | 34-30 | ||
Home and Away ladder
| W | D | L | % | P | |
| Fitzroy | 11 | 0 | 3 | 168.0 | 44 |
| Geelong | 9 | 0 | 5 | 150.9 | 36 |
| Essendon | 8 | 0 | 6 | 137.3 | 32 |
| Collingwood | 8 | 0 | 6 | 116.1 | 32 |
| South Melbourne | 8 | 0 | 6 | 90.4 | 32 |
| Melbourne | 6 | 0 | 8 | 101.7 | 24 |
| Carlton | 5 | 0 | 9 | 70.6 | 20 |
| St. Kilda | 1 | 0 | 13 | 39.1 | 4 |
Sectional ladder (Rounds 15-17)
| W | D | L | % | P | |
| Melbourne | 2 | 0 | 1 | 212.3 | 8 |
| Collingwood | 2 | 0 | 1 | 167.5 | 8 |
| Geelong | 2 | 0 | 1 | 112.2 | 8 |
| St. Kilda | 0 | 0 | 3 | 29.9 | 0 |
Playing list
| Player | Games | Goals | |||
| Ernie Adams | 6 | 4 | |||
| Bill Bowe | 1 | 0 | |||
| Eddie Byers | 7 | 0 | |||
| Vic Cumberland | 18 | 7 | |||
| Corrie Gardner | 16 | 0 | |||
| Eric Gardner | 8 | 5 | |||
| Stewart Geddes | 18 | 1 | |||
| Harry Graham | 2 | 3 | |||
| Cedric Hay | 1 | 0 | |||
| Harold Hay | 7 | 2 | |||
| Maurie Herring | 2 | 0 | |||
| Frank Langley | 18 | 9 | |||
| Jack Leith | 17 | 19 | |||
| Austin Lewis | 16 | 2 | |||
| Bill McClelland | 13 | 0 | |||
| Bill McCulloch | 1 | 0 | |||
| Fred McGinis | 18 | 10 | |||
| Bryan McGuigan | 2 | 0 | |||
| George Moodie | 18 | 4 | |||
| Dan Moriarty | 13 | 0 | |||
| Harry Parkin | 16 | 0 | |||
| Dick Pirrie | 4 | 2 | |||
| Jack Purse | 18 | 0 | |||
| Harold Riggall | 1 | 1 | |||
| Harold Rippon | 1 | 0 | |||
| Les Rippon | 16 | 2 | |||
| Tommy Ryan | 17 | 24 | |||
| Eddie Sholl | 12 | 0 | |||
| Arthur Sowden | 17 | 3 | |||
| Dave Strahan | 5 | 0 | |||
| Dick Wardill | 17 | 19 | |||
| Charlie Young | 16 | 1 | |||
Tribunal
| Round | Player | Charge | Sanction | ||
| Round 9 | Dan Moriarty | Umpire Jostling | Guilty | ||
| Round 17 | Dan Moriarty | Striking | 'Rest of the season' (4 matches) | ||
Notes
Some sources consider the postponed game to still be Round 3.
Media
Leader - 07/07/1900