Best and Fairest - Robert Miller
Second Best and Fairest - Ron Rolfe
Third Best and Fairest - John Eastgate
Leading Goalkicker - John Leahy
Best Clubman - Alec Ingwersen
Outstanding service - Robert Clarke, Fred Olssen, John Leahy, Tony Bourke, Peter Baker, Brian Weidlich
Matches
Round 1 - Saturday 18 April
Melbourne 9.10 d. Richmond 3.15
Round 2 - Saturday 2 May
Melbourne 10.12 d. Collingwood 9.8
Goals - Leahy 5, Anderson 2, Breen 1, Jeffrey 1, Ingwersen 1
Best - Leahy, Bourke, Miller
Round 3 - Saturday 9 May
Melbourne 9.12 d. Fitzroy 4.7
Goals - Bourke 3, Bosch 3, Eastgate 2, Mason 1
Best - Breen, Weidlich, Edwards
Round 4- Saturday 16 May
Footscray 9.8 d. Melbourne 7.12
Goals - Ingwersen 2, Leahy 2, White 1, Steel 1, Rolfe 1
Best - Ingwersen, White, Rolfe
Round 5 - Saturday 23 May
Melbourne 15.18 d. Carlton 11.8
Goals - Rolfe 6, Leahy 3, Eastgate 2, Bosch 2, Williams 1, Ingwersen 1
Best - Rolfe, Steel, Bourke
Round 6 - Saturday 30 May
Geelong 9.9 d. Melbourne 8.14
Goals - Rolfe 1, Eastgate 1, Ingwersen 1, Leahy 1, Mason 1, Russell 1, White 1, Bosch 1
Best - Olsen, Miller, Petty
Round 7 - Saturday 6 June
Melbourne 13.7 d. South Melbourne 10.10
Goals - Rolfe 4, Jeffrey 3, Ingwersen 2, J. Leahy 2, Anderson 1, Williams 1
Best - White, Rolfe, Jeffrey
Round 8 - Saturday 13 June
Essendon 3.16 d. Melbourne 4.8
Goals - J. Leahy 1, Rolfe 1, Bosch 1, Russell 1
Best - Weidlich, B. Leahy, Olsen
Round 9 - Saturday 27 June
Melbourne 10.10 d. Hawthorn 8.19
Goals - Rolfe 3, J. Leahy 2, B. Leahy 2, Jeffrey 1, Breen 1, Ingwersen 1
Best - Innis, Russell, Williams
Round 10 - Saturday 4 July
Melbourne 12.15 d. St Kilda 6.15
Goals - J. Leahy 5, B. Leahy 2, Clark 2, Rolfe 1, Jeffrey 1, Anderson 1
Best - Eastgate, Carroll, J. Leahy
Round 11 - Saturday 11 July
Melbourne 4.13 d. North Melbourne 2.14
Goals - Jeffrey 1, B. Leahy 1, Anderson 1, Williams 1
Best - Baker, Olsen, Clarke
Round 12 - Saturday 18 July
Melbourne 12.20 d. Richmond 10.17
Goals - Clarke 3, Russell 3, Anderson 2, Jeffrey 2, Williams 1, Bosch 1
Best - Clarke, Anderson, Williams
Round 13- Saturday 25 July
Collingwood 8.11 d. Melbourne 7.6
Goals - Jeffrey 3, Miller 2, Anderson 1, WIlliams 1
Best - Miller, Petty, Steel
Round 14 - Saturday 1 August
Melbourne 10.11 d. Fitzroy 3.7
Goals - J. Leahy 4, Jeffrey 3, Clarke 1, Anderson 1, Bosch 1
Best - Baker, Clarke, J. Leahy
Round 15 - Saturday 8 August
Melbourne 13.12 d. Footscray 2.9
Goals - J. Leahy 3, Bosch 3, Russell 2, Jeffrey 2, Miller 1, Anderson 1, Clarke 1
Best - Rolfe, J. Leahy, Edwards
Round 16 - Saturday 15 August
Melbourne 13.11 d. Carlton 4.14
Goals - Miller 5, J. Leahy 2, Clarke 2, Russell 2, Carroll 2
Best - Miller, Rolfe, Weidlich
Semi Final - Saturday 22 August
Essendon 17.12 d. Melbourne 10.4
Goals - J. Leahy 3, Clarke 2, Jeffrey 2, Rolfe 1, Miller 1, Breen 1
Best - Eastgate, Miller, Clarke
Preliminary Final - Saturday 29 August
Collingwood 7.17.59 d. Melbourne 7.14
Ladder
| W | D | L | % | P | |
| Essendon | 12 | 0 | 4 | 165.5 | 48 |
| Melbourne | 12 | 0 | 4 | 142.1 | 48 |
| Geelong | 12 | 0 | 4 | 120.3 | 48 |
| Collingwood | 11 | 1 | 4 | 137.0 | 46 |
| Hawthorn | 9 | 0 | 7 | 100.9 | 36 |
| St Kilda | 8 | 0 | 8 | 102.4 | 32 |
| South Melbourne | 8 | 0 | 8 | 84.9 | 32 |
| North Melbourne | 5 | 0 | 11 | 91.3 | 20 |
| Fitzroy | 5 | 0 | 11 | 84.1 | 20 |
| Richmond | 5 | 0 | 11 | 70.3 | 20 |
| Carlton | 4 | 1 | 11 | 77.2 | 18 |
| Footscray | 4 | 0 | 12 | 75.1 | 16 |