Most improved - Harden Dean
Most serviceable - Frank Roberts
Players
Adams, Anderson, Backway, Ball, Barassi, Benjamin, Bennett, Blair, Cheffers, Deane, Emselle, Feltscheer, Fischer, H. Fisher, Foster, Gillespie-Jones, Gisborne, Gwillim, Harrison, Gordon Jones, Kelly, Kinnear, Lock, Lucas, Maher, R. Matthews, Matthews, McNamara, McNaughton, Mill, Bob Miller, Millen, Milne, Jim Munday, Joe Oakley, Ralston, Roberts, Sanderson, Smith, Keith Truscott, Gordon Waters, Wilcox
Matches
Practice match - Easter
Melbourne 18.24.132 d. Prahran Districts 7.7.49
Practice match - 4 April
Melbourne d. Brunswick
Selected team
B: Dean, Regan, Furniss
HB: McNamara, Wilcox, Truscott
C: Lock, Milne, Carr
HF: Mill, H. Fischer, N. Smith
FF: G. Jones, L. Smith, Lake
Fol: Hooper, Adams (c), Reifeel
Reserves: Sweeney, F. Keenan, R. Allen
Round 1 - Saturday 2 May
Melbourne 18.9.117 d. South Melbourne 11.11.77
Round 2 - Saturday 9 May
Melbourne 16.16 d. Fitzroy 9.10
Round 3 - Saturday 16 May
Melbourne 21.15 d. Geelong 11.19
Goals - Truscott 9, Lock 6, Unknown 5
Round 4 - Saturday 23 May
Melbourne 21.14 d. Hawthorn 13.11
Goals - Milne 5, Unknown 16
Round 5 - Saturday 30 May
Melbourne 17.15 d. North Melbourne 8.17
Goals - Adams 4, Harrison 4, Backway 3, Munday 3, Smith 2, Feltschier 1
Best - Ernsell, Kinnear, Munday
Round 6 - Saturday 6 June
Melbourne 13.12 d. Footscray 12.9
Round 7 - Saturday 13 June
Melbourne 9.9 d. Collingwood 4.12
Round 8 - Saturday 20 June
Melbourne 14.20 d. St Kilda 4.7
Round 9 - Saturday 27 June
Melbourne 17.19 d. Carlton 9.10
Goals - Adams 4, Bennett 2, Milne 2, Locke 2, Miller 1, Unknown 6
Round 10 - Saturday 11 July
Melbourne 13.17 d. Essendon 13.11
Goals - Munday 3, Feltscheer 2, Maher 2, Benjamin 2, Millen 1, Oakley 1, Ralston 1, Matthews 1
Best - Feltscheer, Oakley, Adams
Round 11 - Saturday 18 July
Melbourne 18.17 d. Richmond 13.10
Round 12 - Saturday 25 July
Melbourne 16.16 d. South Melbourne 5.7
Goals - Foster 3, Bennett 3, Oakley 2, Ralston 2, Munday 2, Roberts 2, Maher 1,Adams 1
Best - McNaughton, Feltscheer, Oakley
Round 13 - Saturday 1 August
Melbourne 13.16 d. Fitzroy 5.7
Selected side
B: Miller, Deane, Roberts
HB: Blair, McNaughton, Wilcox
C: Feltscheer, Ball, Lucas
HF: Maher, Munday, Milne
F: Mill, Anderson, Ralston
Foll: Adams, Fischer, Oakley
19th: Benjamin
Emg - R. Matthews, Gwillim
Round 14 - Saturday 8 August
Geelong 12.15 d. Melbourne 11.11
Round 15 - Saturday 15 August
Melbourne 14.26 d. Hawthorn 4.14
Round 16 - Saturday 22 August
Melbourne 15.15.105 d. North Melbourne 7.9.51
Round 17 - Saturday 29 August
Melbourne 8.20 d. Footscray 6.14
Round 18 - Saturday 5 September
Collingwood 11.8 d. Melbourne 8.8
Semi Final - Saturday 19 September
Melbourne 16.10.106 d. Collingwood 12.8.80
Goals - Feltscheer 5, Munday 4, Adams 3, Oakley 1, Ball 1, Barassi 1, Roberts 1
Best - Kelly, Ball, Dean
Grand Final - Saturday 3 October
Footscray 15.11.101 d. Melbourne 6.14.50
Goals - Feltscheer 2, Oakley 1, Kelly 1, Ball 1, Munday 1
Best - Ball, Wilcox, Jones
Ladder
| W | D | L | % | P | |
| Melbourne | 16 | 0 | 2 | 64 | |
| Collingwood | 16 | 0 | 2 | 64 | |
| Geelong | 14 | 0 | 4 | 56 | |
| Footscray | 13 | 0 | 5 | 52 | |
| Carlton | 13 | 0 | 5 | 52 | |
| South Melbourne | 9 | 0 | 9 | 36 | |
| Essendon | 9 | 0 | 9 | 36 | |
| Richmond | 7 | 0 | 11 | 28 | |
| St Kilda | 5 | 0 | 13 | 20 | |
| Hawthorn | 3 | 0 | 15 | 12 | |
| Fitzroy | 2 | 0 | 16 | 8 | |
| North Melbourne | 1 | 0 | 17 | 4 | |
Notes
Bill Adams and Jim Munday were reported to be level on 32 goals going into the Grand Final. This would make Munday the leading goalkicker for the season with 33.