Leading goalkicker - Fred Fanning - 111
Best first year player - Sid Anderson
Players
Bill Adams, Anderson, George Archibald, Bert Barton, Bill Baxter, Buckley, Jim Cardwell, Vic Chanter, Cutriss, Gerry Daly, Adrian Dullard, Harden Dean, Fred Fanning, Furniss, Geary, Maurie Gibb, Les Gibbs, Ian Giles, Grey/Gray, Reg Gregory, Hall, Gordon Jones, Ron Kimberley, Jack Maher, Col McLean, Hugh Murnane, Bernie Neenan, O'Keefe, Roberts, Sitch, G. Stewart, Frank Williams, R. Williams
Matches
Practice Match
Saturday 8 April vs Richmond Seconds
Goals - Alsop 8
Practice Match
Saturday 15 April vs State Savings Bank
Round 1 - Saturday 22 April
Melbourne 11.? d. Richmond 10.14
Round 2 - Saturday 29 April
Melbourne 18.11.119 d. Essendon 6.16.52
Goals - Fanning 7, Unknown 11
Round 3 - Saturday 6 May
Melbourne 20.16.136 d. St Kilda 14.9.93
Goals - Fanning 9, Unknown 11
Round 4 - Saturday 13 May
Melbourne 21.20.146 d. North Melbourne 8.7.55
Round 5 - Saturday 20 May
Melbourne 13.14 d. Geelong 10.12
Round 6 - Saturday 27 May
Melbourne 14.15 d. South Melbourne 9.4
Goals - Adams 6, Anderson 2, Fanning 2, Dullard 2, Unknown 2
Best - Anderson, McLean, Adams
Round 7- Saturday 3 June
Fitzroy 9.13 d. Melbourne 8.15
Round 8 - Saturday 10 June
Footscray 12.13 d. Melbourne 8.12
Round 9 - Saturday 17 June
Melbourne 15.27 d. Carlton 7.11
Round 10 - Saturday 24 June
Melbourne 18.15.123 d. Collingwood 16.11.107
Round 11 - Saturday 1 July
Melbourne 16.18 d. Hawthorn 6.5
Round 12 - Saturday 8 July
Richmond 14.11 d. Melbourne 8.14
Round 13 - Saturday 15 July
Essendon 15.14 d. Melbourne 13.6
Round 14 - Saturday 22 July
St Kilda 18.22 d. Melbourne 17.11
Goals - Fanning 9, Unknown 8
Round 15 - Saturday 5 August
Melbourne 21.21.147 d. North Melbourne 6.9.45
Round 16 - Saturday 12 August
Melbourne 10.12 d. Geelong 9.14
Round 17 - Saturday 19 August
Melbourne 13.16 d. South Melbourne 7.12
Goals - Fanning 5, Gibb 3, Symonds 2, Murnane 1, Barassi 1, Neenan 1
Best - Barassi, Williams, Murnane
Round 18 - Saturday 2 September
Melbourne 14.26.110 d. Fitzroy 8.3.51
Semi Final - Saturday 9 September
Melbourne 15.13.103 d. Richmond 15.6.96
Goals - Fanning 5, Rodda 3, Sitch 1, Barton 1, Williams 1, Cuttriss 1, McLean 1, Hall 1, Neenan 1
Best - Fanning, Rodda, Sitch
Grand Final - Thursday 28 September
Melbourne 22.12.144 d. Richmond 17.13.115
Goals - Fanning 12, Adams 3, Hall 3, McLean 2, Williams 1, Barton 1
Best - Fanning, Gray, Daly
Ladder
| W | D | L | % | P | |
| Richmond | 14 | 0 | 4 | 140 | 56 |
| Melbourne | 13 | 0 | 5 | 144 | 52 |
| Geelong | 13 | 0 | 5 | 136 | 52 |
| Footscray | 13 | 0 | 5 | 134 | 52 |
| Essendon | 12 | 0 | 7 | 125 | 48 |
| Collingwood | 11 | 1 | 6 | 117 | 44 |
| Fitzroy | 8 | 1 | 9 | 97 | 32 |
| Carlton | 8 | 0 | 10 | 90 | 32 |
| St Kilda | 5 | 0 | 12 | 83 | 20 |
| North Melbourne | 4 | 0 | 14 | 54 | 16 |
| Hawthorn | 3 | 0 | 15 | 67 | 12 |
| South Melbourne | 2 | 0 | 15 | 67 | 8 |
Media
Age - 12/04/1939
Inside Football - 07/08/1980
Links
Image courtesy Boyles Football Photos and State Library of Victoria.