Captain - Coach: Percy Wilson
Finishing Position: 9th (Last)
Best and Fairest: n/a
Leading Goalkicker: Percy Tulloh (24)
Best First Year Player: n/a
| Matches | Ladder | Playing List | Tribunal | Seconds | |
After consecutive sixth place finishes, Melbourne started with three wins in their first four games before losing the next 12 and returning to the bottom of the ladder for the first time since 1919. Two of the wins came against sides that played finals, but injuries crippled them, delivering a fourth VFL wooden spoon. Even a game against in Sydney against their local league ended in defeat.
Before the season New South Wales had proposed an alteration to football's scoring system, with the introduction of a crossbar between the goals. The full six points would only be scored if the ball went over the crossbar and one point if below it. It was supported by some VFL clubs but not adopted.
Bill McClelland and Andrew Manzie were Melbourne's delegates to the VFL. Pre-season nominations for the committee came from KT Batten, SER Church, CE Couchman, GG Coulter, Robert Ferguson, AL Nichols, CH Parkin, AL Richard, WW Strickland and WFV Sykes. At that General Meeting, members complained that the balance sheet for 1922 was not included in the annual report
One of the stands in the outer at the MCG was rebuilt before the season, and the Melbourne Cricket Club was also forced to spend heavily to prop up their struggling football division. They contributed around £2000 for the year, an increase of nearly £900 over three years. Andrew Manzie was forced to defend the club at the MCC's annual meeting, pointing out that they lacked a local following due to being a "cosmopolitan" club. A member suggested that the football club should be separated from the MCC.
Practice match
| Opposition | Result | Score | |||
| Oakleigh Juniors | WIN | 119-28 | |||
Premiership season
| Round | Opposition | Result | Score | ||
| 1 | Richmond | LOSS | 50-55 | ||
| 2 | Geelong | WIN | 80-52 | ||
| 3 | BYE | ||||
| 4 | South Melbourne | WIN | 84-49 | ||
| 5 | St. Kilda | WIN | 85-63 | ||
| 6 | Fitzroy | LOSS | 70-77 | ||
| 7 | Essendon | LOSS | 60-74 | ||
| 8 | Carlton | LOSS | 65-74 | ||
| 9 | Collingwood | LOSS | 42-76 | ||
| 10 | Richmond | LOSS | 78-83 | ||
| 11 | Geelong | LOSS | 56-75 | ||
| 12 | BYE | ||||
| 13 | South Melbourne | LOSS | 41-67 | ||
| 14 | St. Kilda | LOSS | 49-84 | ||
| 15 | Fitzroy | LOSS | 46-80 | ||
| 16 | Essendon | LOSS | 41-98 | ||
| 17 | Carlton | LOSS | 46-74 | ||
| 18 | Collingwood | LOSS | 87-138 | ||
Ladder
| W | D | L | % | P | |
| Essendon | 13 | 0 | 3 | 135.8 | 52 |
| Fitzroy | 11 | 0 | 5 | 115.7 | 44 |
| South Melbourne | 9 | 0 | 7 | 107.3 | 36 |
| Geelong | 9 | 0 | 7 | 104.0 | 36 |
| Collingwood | 8 | 1 | 7 | 109.1 | 34 |
| St. Kilda | 8 | 0 | 8 | 98.7 | 32 |
| Carlton | 6 | 1 | 9 | 84.0 | 26 |
| Richmond | 4 | 0 | 12 | 79.5 | 16 |
| Melbourne | 3 | 0 | 13 | 80.4 | 12 |
Exhibition Match
| Opponent | Result | Score | |||
| New South Wales | LOSS | 74-96 | |||
Playing list
| Number | Player | Games | Goals | ||
| 1 | Bill Allen | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2 | Joe Flanagan | 12 | 1 | ||
| 3 | Ted Thomas | 3 | 0 | ||
| 4 | Tom Elliott | 6 | 1 | ||
| 5 | Harry Harker | 6 | 13 | ||
| 6 | Bob Abernethy | 2 | 0 | ||
| 7 | Mick Anthony | 15 | 1 | ||
| 8 | Charlie Lilley | 13 | 0 | ||
| 9 | Charlie Streeter | 16 | 0 | ||
| 10 | Jack Collins | 3 | 0 | ||
| 11 | Dave Elliman | 3 | 2 | ||
| 12 | Bob Corbett | 16 | 2 | ||
| 13 | Bill Shelton | 12 | 5 | ||
| 14 | Jimmy Abernethy | 15 | 10 | ||
| 15 | George Haines | 13 | 14 | ||
| 16 | Derek Mollison | 16 | 7 | ||
| 17 | Bert Chadwick | 13 | 9 | ||
| 18 | Percy Tulloh | 15 | 31 | ||
| 19 | Harry Coy | 11 | 0 | ||
| 20 | Jack Robertson | 2 | 0 | ||
| 20 | Alf Wilson | 11 | 0 | ||
| 21 | Jack House | 2 | 0 | ||
| 22 | Jim Makin | 16 | 1 | ||
| 23 | Roy James | 2 | 1 | ||
| 24 | Eric Peck | 3 | 0 | ||
| 25 | Percy Wilson | 11 | 4 | ||
| 26 | Wally Carter | 2 | 0 | ||
| 26 | John Lord | 3 | 0 | ||
| 28 | Hugh Dunbar | 14 | 5 | ||
| 30 | Eric Donaldson | 5 | 0 | ||
| 31 | Marcus Glasscock | 3 | 0 | ||
| 34 | Vern Moore | 7 | 5 | ||
| 35 | Richard Taylor | 16 | 19 | ||
| Round | Player | Charge | Sanction | ||
| Round 4 | Ted Thomas | Attempted Kicking | 8 matches | ||
| Round 7 | Joe Flanagan | Striking and Tripping | 4 matches | ||
| Round 13 | Vern Moore | Kicking | 5 matches | ||
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Notes
A return match may to have been played against NSW in Victoria.
Media
Sporting Globe - 27/09/1922
Sun - 08/02/1923, https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/274007415|22/02/1923]
Argus - 13/09/1923