Captain - Roy Shaw
Players
Baker, Barassi, Case, Elliott, Fitzgerald, Germaine, Gill, Hayes, Herring, Houston, Jeffreys, Johnson, Jones, Lay, McKay, Mountain, Richards, Shaw, Tonkin, Webster, Williams
Matches
Round 1 - Saturday 19 April
Melbourne 6.12 drew Geelong 7.6
Round 2 - Saturday 26 April
Melbourne 13.10 d. St Kilda 5.9
Round 3 - Saturday 3 May
Melbourne 8.9 d. Hawthorn 7.11
Round 4 - Saturday 10 May
Melbourne 15.15 d. Footscray 10.7
Round 5 - Saturday 17 May
Melbourne 8.11 d. South Melbourne 4.7
Round 6 - Saturday 31 May
Melbourne 8.11 d. North Melbourne 4.12
Round 7- Saturday 7 June
Melbourne 11.15.81 d. Collingwood 8.8.56
Round 8 - Saturday 14 June
Melbourne d. Fitzroy
Round 9 - Saturday 21 June
Essendon 8.7 d. Melbourne 4.4
Round 10 - Saturday 28 June
Melbourne 8.16 d. Richmond 3.3
Round 11 - Saturday 5 July
Fitzroy 11.8 d. Melbourne 11.7
Round 12 - Saturday 12 July
Melbourne 9.11 d. Carlton 5.8
Round 13 - Saturday 19 July
Melbourne 5.8 d. Geelong 5.6
Round 14 - Saturday 26 July
Melbourne 16.10 d. St Kilda 1.5
Round 15 - Saturday 2 August
Melbourne 14.11 d. Hawthorn 5.4
Round 16 - Saturday 9 August
Melbourne 9.12 d. Footscray 8.6
Round 17 - Saturday 16 August
Melbourne 12.14 d. South Melbourne 9.4
Semi Final - Saturday 23 August
Melbourne 11.12 d. Essendon 4.9
Goals - Hayes 3, Webster 3, Johnston 2, Baker 1, Mountain 1, Shaw 1
Best - Baker, Mountain, Barassi
Grand Final - Saturday 6 September
Essendon 12.10 d. Melbourne 8.7
Goals - Shaw 3, Hayes 2, Rickards 1, Herring 1, Baker 1
Best - McKay, Herring, Johnson
Ladder
Carlton, Richmond, Collingwood, North Melbourne, Hawthorn (x2), St Kilda and Geelong were all awarded two points for abandoned matches.
| W | D | L | % | P | |
| Melbourne | 13 | 1 | 2 | 158.5 | 54 |
| Essendon | 12 | 0 | 4 | 171.6 | 48 |
| Footscray | 12 | 0 | 4 | 110.1 | 48 |
| Carlton | 10 | 0 | 5 | 129.3 | 42 |
| Fitzroy | 9 | 0 | 7 | 97.6 | 36 |
| Geelong | 7 | 1 | 7 | 127.3 | 32 |
| Collingwood | 7 | 0 | 8 | 89.2 | 30 |
| North Melbourne | 6 | 0 | 9 | 76.6 | 26 |
| South Melbourne | 6 | 0 | 10 | 110.9 | 24 |
| Richmond | 5 | 0 | 10 | 90.7 | 22 |
| Hawthorn | 3 | 0 | 11 | 67.2 | 16 |
| St Kilda | 1 | 0 | 14 | 36.2 | 6 |