Players (included)
Frank Axelson, Alf Belton, Lloyd Bennett, Stan Dalley, Des Farmer, Don Hewson, Dick Kennedy, Norm Leverton, Ron Mackay, Ryan, Roy Southcott, Jack Tiernan, E. Woods
Matches
Round 1 - Saturday 6 May
Melbourne 11.20 d. Richmond 11.12
Selected team
B: Minnis, Axelson, Kramer
HB: Walsh, Egan, Levey
C: Doherty, Southcott, Matthews
HF: Heywood, W. Scanlon, F. Scanlon
F: R. Kennedy, Downey, Gibbs
Foll: Bush, Jeffries, Bencraft
Res: Marshall, Ryan, Jarrett, Hayley, Sheahan, Martin, Marsh, Leverton
Round 2 - Saturday 13 May
Essendon 17.12 d. Melbourne 15.19
Round 3 - Saturday 20 May
Melbourne 10.11.71 vs Carlton 8.14.62 (three quarter time score)
Round 4 - Saturday 27 May
Melbourne 18.17 d. Geelong 12.12
Goals - Hewson 5, Unknown 13
Best - Bennett
Round 5- Saturday 3 June
St Kilda 15.15 d. Melbourne 5.12
Round 6 - Saturday 10 June
Collingwood 18.20 d. Melbourne 9.18
Round 7 - Saturday 17 June
North Melbourne 17.15 d. Melbourne 15.13
Round 8 - Saturday 24 June
Melbourne 12.11 d. Fitzroy 9.13
Round 9 - Saturday 1 July
Footscray 18.25 d. Melbourne 13.11
Round 10 - Saturday 8 July
South Melbourne 21.15 d. Melbourne 9.13
Round 11 - Saturday 15 July
Melbourne 17.17 d. Hawthorn 15.11
Round 12 - Saturday 22 July
Richmond 11.15 drew Melbourne 11.15
Round 13 - Saturday 29 July
Essendon 12.21 d. Melbourne 12.14
Round 14 - Saturday 5 August
Carlton 23.17 d. Melbourne 7.20
Round 15 - Saturday 12 August
Geelong 15.16 d. Melbourne 12.9
Round 16 - Saturday 19 August
St Kilda 22.31 d. Melbourne 16.12
Round 17 - Saturday 26 August
Collingwood 12.18 d. Melbourne 8.8
Round 18 - Saturday 2 September
Hawthorn 11.19 d. Melbourne 4.21
Ladder
| W | D | L | % | P | |
| Footscray | 14 | 0 | 4 | 125.0 | 56 |
| Fitzroy | 13 | 1 | 4 | 134.0 | 54 |
| Collingwood | 13 | 0 | 5 | 145.6 | 52 |
| St Kilda | 12 | 0 | 6 | 122.6 | 48 |
| Carlton | 10 | 1 | 7 | 108.0 | 42 |
| South Melbourne | 9 | 0 | 9 | 86.4 | 36 |
| North Melbourne | 8 | 0 | 10 | 87.0 | 32 |
| Geelong | 8 | 0 | 10 | 86.1 | 32 |
| Essendon | 6 | 0 | 12 | 98.9 | 24 |
| Richmond | 5 | 0 | 13 | 81.7 | 20 |
| Hawthorn | 4 | 1 | 13 | 82.1 | 18 |
| Melbourne | 4 | 1 | 13 | 77.7 | 18 |