Captain - Noel Williamson
Best and Fairest - Trevor Clay
Second Best and Fairest - Ron Dudley
Outstanding service - Noel Williamson, Kevin Boyle, David McKenzie, Ken Davidson
Other players included Ben Crameri.
Matches
Round 1 - Saturday 14 April
Richmond 9.12 d. Melbourne 8.8
Round 2 - Saturday 21 April
Carlton 4.10 d. Melbourne 4.4
Round 3 - Saturday 28 April
Footscray 6.8 d. Melbourne 2.10
Round 4 - Saturday 5 May
Fitzroy 13.19 d. Melbourne 0.5
Round 5 - Saturday 12 May
Geelong 13.12 d. Melbourne 9.11
Round 6 - Saturday 19 May
North Melbourne 12.16 d. Melbourne 3.5
Round 7 - Saturday 26 May
Collingwood 5.16 d. Melbourne 5.5
Round 8 - Saturday 2 June
St Kilda 10.8 d. Melbourne 2.1
Round 9 - Saturday 9 June
Essendon 9.18 d. Melbourne 4.3
Round 10- Saturday 23 June
South Melbourne 7.19 d. Melbourne 3.10
Round 11- Saturday 30 June
Hawthorn 6.12 d. Melbourne 6.11
Round 12 - Saturday 7 July
Melbourne 4.19 d. Richmond 2.7
Round 13 - Saturday 14 July
Carlton 9.10 d. Melbourne 5.11
Round 14 - Saturday 21 July
Melbourne 8.18 d. Footscray 8.7
Round 15 - Saturday 28 July
Fitzroy 11.17 d. Melbourne 4.9
Round 16 - Saturday 4 August
Geelong 8.5 d. Melbourne 6.14
Ladder
| W | D | L | % | P | |
| Fitzroy | 13 | 0 | 3 | 163.3 | 52 |
| Collingwood | 13 | 0 | 3 | 138.5 | 52 |
| St Kilda | 12 | 1 | 3 | 130.8 | 50 |
| South Melbourne | 12 | 0 | 4 | 168.1 | 48 |
| Essendon | 11 | 0 | 5 | 129.0 | 44 |
| North Melbourne | 8 | 3 | 5 | 126.0 | 38 |
| Carlton | 6 | 1 | 9 | 90.9 | 26 |
| Geelong | 6 | 0 | 10 | 67.3 | 24 |
| Richmond | 4 | 0 | 12 | 67.3 | 16 |
| Footscray | 3 | 1 | 12 | 70.9 | 14 |
| Hawthorn | 3 | 0 | 13 | 66.2 | 12 |
| Melbourne | 2 | 0 | 14 | 57.4 | 8 |