Captain - H. Gray
Vice Captain - Ralph Shalless
Players
Lance Arnold, Bell, Arnold Byfield, L. Campbell, R. Campbell, Cavanagh, Chadwick, Clem Conroy, Alf Copsey, Daly, John Dorgan, S. Dorgan, Dowsing, Adrian Dullard, Bruce Edge, Evans, Ferguson, Flannagan, Gray, Grattridge, Hall, Frank Hanna, Herbert, Frank Hughes, Irwin, F. Kennedy, Dick Kennedy, Lewis, Greg Lourey, W. McKenzie, Noel McMahen, McMahon, Alan McGowan, Jack Quinn, Ernie O'Rourke, Ivan Porter, Bill Roach, Rooney, Alan Rowarth, Harry Rowe, Frank Scanlan, Bill Scanlan, Ralph Shalless, Stabb, Barry Taylor, White, Norm Wilson, Zeglin. Emergency/extended squad only - M. Anderson, Ashdown, Griggs, Judd, Levy, Molloy, Stock, Stabb
Matches
Round 1 - Saturday 20 April
Melbourne 14.18 d. Geelong 12.8
Round 2 - Saturday 27 April
Melbourne 13.15 d. Carlton 5.20
Round 3 - Saturday 4 May
Essendon 16.20 d. Melbourne 16.16
Selected side
B: Ferguson, Shalless, Lourey
HB: Hughes, McMahon, Edge
C: C. Conroy, Zeglin, L. Campbell
HF: Rowe, D. Kennedy, Byfield
F: Hanna, Arnold, O'Rourke
Foll: Rowarth, Chadwick, Daly
Res: Herbert, Grattridge
Emg: Ashdown, Molloy, Levey, Judd, Griggs, Rooney
Round 4 - Saturday 11 May
South Melbourne 14.7 d. Melbourne 8.17
Goals - Unknown
Best - Conroy, F. Kennedy, Chadwick
Round 5 - Saturday 18 May
Melbourne 10.11 d. Footscray 8.11
Selected side
B: Zeglin, Copsey or Molloy, Lourey
HB: Hughes, Irwin, Edge
C: L. Campbell, Conroy, Stabb
HF: Rowe, Wilson, O'Rourke
F: Chadwick, D. Kennedy, Grattridge
Foll: W. Lewis, McMahen, Porter
Res: Unknown
Emg: Stock, B. Taylor, Ashdown, Rooney
Round 6 - Saturday 25 May
Melbourne 24.19 d. Hawthorn 13.5
Goals - Bell 9, Unknown 15
Best - Chadwick, Stabb, Copsey
Round 7 - Saturday 1 June
Fitzroy 11.25 d. Melbourne 10.12
Goals - Unknown
Best - Copsey, Quinn, McMahon
Round 8 - Saturday 8 June
Melbourne 14.23 d. North Melbourne 13.13
Goals - Bell 8, Unknown 6
Selected team
B: Lourey, White, Rowarth
HB: Shalless, Scanlan, Edge
C: Campbell, Zeglan, Dowsing
HF: Lewis, Arnold, Flannagan
F: Chadwick, Bell, Quinn
Foll: Gray, Hanna, Porter
Emg: Wilson, O'Rourke, Rowe, Taylor, Rooney
Round 9 - Saturday 15 June
Melbourne 20.15 d. St Kilda 11.10
Round 10 - Saturday 22 June
Richmond 15.20.110 d. Melbourne 13.10.88
Selected side (from)
Arnold, Chadwick, Conroy, Copsey, J. Dorgan, S. Dorgan, Edge, Evans, Flannagan, Gray, Hall, Hanna, Lewis, Lourey, McGowan, McMahen, Porter, Rowarth, Rowe, Rooney, Scanlan, Shalless, Taylor, White, Wilson
Round 11 - Saturday 6 July
Collingwood 8.17 d. Melbourne 6.7.43
Round 12 - Saturday 13 July
Melbourne 14.17.101 d. Geelong 10.13.73
Selected side
B: Lourey, White, Rowarth
HB: F. Scanlan, Hall, McKenzie
C: L. Campbell, R. Campbell, Rooney
HF: Cavanagh, W. Scanlan, Arnold
F: Chadwick, D. Kennedy, Roach
Foll: Grey, Dullard, J. Quinn
19th: Wilson
20th: Taylor
Emg: Flannagan, Dowsing, M. Anderson
Round 13 - Saturday 20 July
Carlton 16.10.106 d. Melbourne 13.11.89
Round 14 - Saturday 27 July
Melbourne 12.9 d. Essendon 10.19
Selected side (from):
Arnold, R. Campbell, Chadwick, Copsey, Cavanagh, Flannagan, Gray, Hanna, Hall, Kennedy, Lewis, Lourey, McKenzie, McMahen, Quinn, Rowe, Rowarth, Roach, Rooney, Stubb, Taylor, Wilson, White
Round 15 - Saturday 3 August
Melbourne 16.18 d. South Melbourne 9.10
Selected side
B: Campbell, Irwin, Rowarth
HB: Shalless, Hall, Copsey
C: Stabb, Daly, Rooney
HF: Cavanagh, Arnold, McMahen
F: Chadwick, Bell, Porter
Foll: Gray, Hanna, Quinn
19th/20th: Unknown
Emg: R. Kennedy, Edge, Wilson, Rowe, Lourey, Taylor, Roach, Flannagan
Round 16 - Saturday 10 August
Melbourne 13.16 d. Footscray 4.5
Round 17- Saturday 17 August
Melbourne 16.17 d. Hawthorn 6.7
Round 18 - Saturday 24 August
Melbourne 14.19 d. Fitzroy 8.14
Goals - Kennedy 6, Unknown 8
Round 19 - Saturday 31 August
Melbourne 8.13 d. North Melbourne 3.7
Selected side (from)
Arnold, R. Campbell, Cavanaugh, Chadwick, Conroy, Copsey, Edge, Flannagan, Gray, Hall, Hanna, Irwin, F. Kennedy, D. Kennedy, Lourey, Porter, Roach, Rooney, Rowarth, F. Scanlon, Shalless, Taylor, Wilson
Semi Final - Saturday 7 September
Collingwood 14.21.105 d. Melbourne 12.5.77
Goals - Bell 4, Chadwick 2, Quinn 2, Cavanagh 1, Kennedy 1, Porter 1, Hanna 1
Best - Arnold, W. Scanlon, Quinn.
Ladder
| W | D | L | % | P | |
| Richmond | 17 | 0 | 2 | 149.3 | 68 |
| Fitzroy | 16 | 0 | 3 | 157.9 | 64 |
| Collingwood | 16 | 0 | 3 | 147.2 | 64 |
| Melbourne | 13 | 0 | 6 | 129.1 | 52 |
| South Melbourne | 11 | 1 | 7 | 95.8 | 46 |
| Carlton | 8 | 0 | 11 | 95.3 | 32 |
| Essendon | 8 | 0 | 11 | 91.8 | 32 |
| St Kilda | 7 | 1 | 11 | 91.6 | 30 |
| Footscray | 7 | 0 | 12 | 98.0 | 28 |
| Geelong | 7 | 0 | 12 | 76.9 | 28 |
| North Melbourne | 2 | 1 | 16 | 67.1 | 10 |
| Hawthorn | 0 | 1 | 18 | 55.9 | 2 |