Coach: n/a
Captain: Bill McClelland
Finishing Position: 4th
Best and Fairest: n/a
Leading Goalkicker: Jack Leith (26)
Best First Year Player: n/a
Melbourne recovered from a 2-4 start to make finals for the first time under the top four system, but were eliminated at the first hurdle. It was their last finals appearance until 1915.
On Saturday 2 September, a benefit game was played for ex-Redleg champion Fred McGinis, who had retired at the end of 1901 after suffering failing eyesight. 500p was raised, and 7000 people saw the VFL beat the VFA 9.17 to 4.5.
Practice matches
Premiership Season
| Round | Opposition | Result | Score
|
| 1 | St. Kilda | WIN | 105-51
|
| 2 | Collingwood | LOSS | 34-51
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| 3 | Essendon | LOSS | 25-48
|
| 4 | Carlton | WIN | 60-49
|
| 5 | Fitzroy | LOSS | 46-59
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| 6 | Geelong | LOSS | 25-26
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| 7 | South Melbourne | WIN | 47-46
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| 8 | St. Kilda | WIN | 55-24
|
| 9 | Collingwood | LOSS | 31-61
|
| 10 | Essendon | LOSS | 27-48
|
| 11 | Carlton | WIN | 36-33
|
| 12 | Fitzroy | WIN | 37-33
|
| 13 | Geelong | LOSS | 27-54
|
| 14 | South Melbourne | WIN | 63-27
|
| 15 | Carlton | WIN | 47-13
|
| 16 | Essendon | LOSS | 56-77
|
| 17 | St. Kilda | WIN | 79-35
|
| SF | Essendon | LOSS | 51-61 |
Ladder
| W | D | L | % | P
|
| Collingwood | 15 | 0 | 2 | 199.5 | 60
|
| Essendon | 13 | 0 | 4 | 141.6 | 52
|
| Fitzroy | 10 | 0 | 7 | 125.9 | 40
|
| Melbourne | 9 | 0 | 8 | 108.8 | 36
|
| South Melbourne | 7 | 0 | 10 | 99.4 | 28
|
| Carlton | 7 | 0 | 10 | 77.1 | 28
|
| Geelong | 7 | 0 | 10 | 76.8 | 28
|
| St. Kilda | 0 | 0 | 17 | 41.9 | 0 |
Exhibition match
Playing list
Tribunal
Notes
Football Record 1931 says that 166p was raised in the Fred McGinis game and that the VFA scored 4.3. The game may have originally been scheduled against Essendon's old players.
Links
AFL Tables page
Wikipedia page
