Coach: Alex Hall
Captain: Alf George
Finishing Position: 9th
Best and Fairest: n/a
Leading Goalkicker: Mick Maguire (13)
Best First Year Player: n/a
| Matches | Ladder | Playing List | |||
In 1912 a number of close losses cost Melbourne a finals berth, and they chased further improvement with a large turnover of players. Eight players made their club debut in Round 1, with six playing their first VFL games. They lost and things didn't get any better, with 42 players used during the year. Two of Melbourne's four wins came against the hapless University, the only team to finish below them.
After Alf George was elected captain, the ballot for vice-captain between Bill McKenzie and Jim Fitzpatrick was tied. It was resolved to take another vote after 25 players were selected for the final senior list.
The Round 4 match against Fitzroy nearly didn't take place. In Round 3 a Melbourne player was charged by the police for striking. The club committee failed to defend the charge as they believed the player should accept the consequences of his actions and he was fined 5p. Before the next match, players decided to strike. Chairman Bill McClelland threatened that they'd never play again and the strike action broke down. Two weeks later Vin Coutie and Bernie Nolan resigned from the selection committee, reportedly because they thought a smaller group would operate better.
The state of Melbourne's season was shown when not one player managed to make any of the three VFL representative teams who played matches against South Australia, Bendigo and Ballarat in the middle of the year. Even the winless University managed to have two players selected. Hedley Tomkins was called into the Victorian side for the return fixture later in the season.
The 13 goal performance of Mick Maguire still rates as the lowest total for an MFC leading goalkicker. Seven of his goals came in the first two rounds of the season.
While the interstate matches were taking place Melbourne toured Tasmania in the week between their Round 12 and Round 13 matches. For the second year in a row they returned from their trip to a thumping defeat.
Former Richmond player Len Incigneri had sat out a year waiting for a clearance and didn't play his first game until Round 13. His brother Matt debuted three weeks earlier.
Bill McClelland and Andrew Manzie were the club's VFL delegates.
Practice match
| Opposition | Result | Score | |||
| Collingwood District | ? | ? | |||
| Hawthorn District | WIN | 110-41 | |||
Premiership Season
| Round | Opposition | Result | Score | ||
| 1 | Collingwood | LOSS | 37-60 | ||
| 2 | University | WIN | 99-72 | ||
| 3 | Carlton | LOSS | 53-79 | ||
| 4 | Fitzroy | LOSS | 31-53 | ||
| 5 | St. Kilda | LOSS | 56-61 | ||
| 6 | South Melbourne | LOSS | 28-52 | ||
| 7 | Geelong | LOSS | 52-84 | ||
| 8 | Richmond | LOSS | 40-52 | ||
| 9 | Essendon | LOSS | 30-71 | ||
| 10 | Collingwood | LOSS | 47-95 | ||
| 11 | University | WIN | 62-53 | ||
| 12 | Carlton | WIN | 67-54 | ||
| 13 | Fitzroy | LOSS | 28-86 | ||
| 14 | St. Kilda | LOSS | 35-71 | ||
| 15 | South Melbourne | LOSS | 19-48 | ||
| 16 | Geelong | LOSS | 26-47 | ||
| 17 | Richmond | WIN | 64-53 | ||
| 18 | Essendon | LOSS | 42-52 | ||
Exhibition match
| Opposition | Result | Score | |||
| Tasmanian League | WIN | 72-34 | |||
Ladder
| W | D | L | % | P | |
| Fitzroy | 16 | 0 | 2 | 144.3 | 64 |
| South Melbourne | 14 | 1 | 3 | 128.6 | 58 |
| Collingwood | 13 | 0 | 5 | 117.7 | 52 |
| St. Kilda | 11 | 0 | 7 | 106.3 | 44 |
| Geelong | 10 | 0 | 8 | 124.4 | 40 |
| Carlton | 9 | 1 | 8 | 100.9 | 38 |
| Richmond | 6 | 0 | 12 | 94.9 | 24 |
| Essendon | 6 | 0 | 12 | 93.4 | 24 |
| Melbourne | 4 | 0 | 14 | 71.4 | 16 |
| University | 0 | 0 | 18 | 57.6 | 0 |
Playing List
| Number | Player | Games | Goals | ||
| 1 | Doug Chapman | 10 | 7 | ||
| 2 | Algy Millhouse | 10 | 4 | ||
| 3 | Jack Robertson | 10 | 3 | ||
| 4 | Bill McKenzie | 12 | 2 | ||
| 5 | Bobby Monk | 14 | 0 | ||
| 6 | Charlie Lilley | 18 | 3 | ||
| 7 | Norm McDougall | 10 | 1 | ||
| 8 | Jack Evans | 16 | 0 | ||
| 9 | Bill Allen | 17 | 6 | ||
| 10 | Jack Watt | 15 | 7 | ||
| 11 | Bill Hendrie | 16 | 11 | ||
| 12 | Jim Fitzpatrick | 6 | 2 | ||
| 13 | Fen McDonald | 1 | 0 | ||
| 14 | Bill Angwin | 3 | 0 | ||
| 14 | Alf George | 12 | 4 | ||
| 15 | Ted Politz | 4 | 5 | ||
| 17 | Hedley Tomkins | 17 | 7 | ||
| 18 | Jim Mackie | 5 | 0 | ||
| 18 | Jack Bristow | 3 | 0 | ||
| 19 | Joe Pearce | 17 | 0 | ||
| 20 | Harry Cope | 7 | 3 | ||
| 20 | Phil Hosking | 1 | 0 | ||
| 21 | Charlie Armstrong | 16 | 1 | ||
| 22 | Carlyle Kenley | 6 | 3 | ||
| 22 | Laurie Brady | 1 | 0 | ||
| 23 | Campbell Brady | 9 | 12 | ||
| 24 | Norm Jordan | 1 | 0 | ||
| 25 | Matt Incigneri | 1 | 0 | ||
| 26 | Charlie Edwards | 3 | 2 | ||
| 27 | Tom Wellington | 5 | 0 | ||
| 28 | Len Incigneri | 5 | 0 | ||
| 28 | Percy Ellingsen | 2 | 1 | ||
| 29 | Herb Joolen | 7 | 3 | ||
| 30 | Mick Maguire | 7 | 13 | ||
| 31 | Frank Ellis | 6 | 0 | ||
| 32 | Frank Lugton | 18 | 1 | ||
| 34 | Johnny Hassett | 4 | 5 | ||
| 36 | Eric Dimsey | 2 | 0 | ||
| ? | Bill Daly | 2 | 1 | ||
| ? | George Knight | 3 | 1 | ||
| ? | Jack Nicholson | 1 | 0 | ||
| ? | Arthur Maskell | 1 | 0 | ||
| Round | Player | Charge | Sanction | ||
| Round 2 | Mick Maguire | Striking | 4 matches | ||
| Round 17 | Alf George | Elbowing | 1 match | ||