Captain - Neil Campbell
Vice-Captain - Kevin Avery
Best and Fairest - Neil Campbell
Second Best and Fairest - Ron McLeod
Most Consistent - Gary Buswell
Outstanding service - Gary Butler, John Kerley, Doug McIver, Murray Grainger, Kevin Avery
Matches
Round 1 - Saturday 12 April
Carlton 8.8 d. Melbourne 1.8
Goal - Anderson
Best - McLeod, Avery, Steel
Round 2 - Saturday 19 April
Geelong 7.7 d. Melbourne 7.4
Goals - Jennings 1, Rolfe 1, Buswell 1, McDonald 1, Campbell 1, Anderson 1, Butler 1
Best - Grainger, McIvor, McLeod
Round 3 - Saturday 26 April
Melbourne 8.7 d. North Melbourne 6.6
Goals - Jennings 2, Avery 2, Rolfe 1, Campbell 1, Buswell 1, Anderson 1
Best - Jennings, Crutchfield, Evans
Round 4 - Saturday 3 May
Melbourne 6.13 d. Hawthorn 5.12
Goals - O'Toole 2, Avery 1, Rolfe 1, Anderson 1, Butler 1
Best - Evans, O'Toole, Butler
Round 5- Saturday 10 May
Essendon 13.9 d. Melbourne 6.11
Goals - Wellington 2, Campbell 2, Butler 1, Buswell 1
Best - Campbell, McIvor, Butler
Round 6 - Saturday 17 May
St Kilda 7.9 d. Melbourne 2.11
Goals - O'Toole 1, Jennings 1
Best - McLeod, Campbell, Kerley
Round 7 - Saturday 24 May
Footscray 10.7 d. Melbourne 8.17
Goals - Jennings 3, O'Toole 1, Campbell 1, Anderson 1, Butler 1, Bosch 1
Best - Buswell, Jennings, Campbell
Round 8 - Saturday 31 May
Richmond 12.10 d. Melbourne 4.13
Goals - Campbell 3, Butler 1
Best - Kerley, Buswell, Avery
Round 9 - Saturday 7 June
South Melbourne 9.9 d. Melbourne 4.9
Goals - Rolfe 2, Grozier 1, Butler 1
Best - Rolfe, Buswell, Butler
Round 10- Saturday 14 June
Collingwood 10.13 d. Melbourne 6.11
Goals - Anderson 2, O'Toole 1, Crozier 1, Campbell 1, Butler 1
Best - McIvor, Butler, Campbell
Round 11 - Saturday 21 June
Collingwood 10.13 d. Melbourne 6.11
Goals - Anderson 2, O'Toole 1, Crozier 1, Campbell 1, Butler 1
Best - McIvor, Butler, Campbell
Round 12 - Saturday 28 June
Carlton 6.17 d. Melbourne 4.2
Round 13 - Saturday 19 July
Geelong 5.9 d. Melbourne 4.11
Goals - Williams 1, O'Toole 1, Campbell 1, Anderson 1
Best - Campbell, Kerr, McIvor
Round 14 - Saturday 26 July
Melbourne 10.11 d. North Melbourne 6.9
Goals - Anderson 4, Butler 2, Rolfe 1, McIvor 1, Breen 1, Campbell 1
Round 15 - Saturday 2 August
Melbourne 11.10 d. Hawthorn 4.5
Goals - Avery 3, Campbell 2, Anderson 2, Kerley 2, Gill 1, Butler 1
Best - Campbell, Breen, McLeod
Round 16 - Saturday 9 August
Essendon 4.13 d. Melbourne 4.6
Goals - Rolfe 1, O'Toole 1, Campbell 1, Butler 1
Best - Butler, Campbell, Gainger
Ladder
| W | D | L | % | P | |
| Richmond | 13 | 0 | 3 | 137.6 | 52 |
| Essendon | 13 | 0 | 3 | 133.8 | 52 |
| St Kilda | 12 | 0 | 4 | 147.3 | 48 |
| Carlton | 11 | 0 | 5 | 116.2 | 44 |
| South Melbourne | 10 | 0 | 6 | 118.4 | 40 |
| Footscray | 10 | 0 | 6 | 98.8 | 40 |
| Collingwood | 8 | 0 | 8 | 111.9 | 32 |
| Geelong | 6 | 0 | 10 | 84.7 | 24 |
| North Melbourne | 5 | 0 | 11 | 92.1 | 20 |
| Melbourne | 5 | 0 | 11 | 83.1 | 20 |
| Fitzroy | 2 | 0 | 14 | 63.2 | 8 |
| Hawthorn | 1 | 0 | 15 | 66.6 | 4 |