Captain - Ken Emselle
Vice-Captain - Barrie Vagg
Best and Fairest - Ken Emselle
Second Best and Fairest - Danny Jennings
Outstanding Service - Ray Biffin, Kelvin Clarke, Phil Rhoden
Round 1
Melbourne 13.14 d. Geelong 12.8
Goals - Aitken 4, Walker 3, Campbell 2, Sinclair 2, Colcott 1, Powell 1
Best - Clarke, Sullivan, Aitken
Round 2
Melbourne 23.19 d. North Melbourne 15.12
Goals - Campbell 4, Duthie 3, Elliott 3, Stone 3, Sinclair 3, Aitken 3, Hayes 1, Clarke 1, Powell 1, Forster 1
Best - Forster, G. Osborne, Aitken
Round 3
Collingwood 19.15 d. Melbourne 14.9
Goals - Campbell 4, Douthie 2, K. Clarke 2, Hayes 2, Jones 1, Powell 1, D. Clarke 1, Stone 1
Best - D. Clarke, Sullivan, Douthie
Round 4
Melbourne 18.20 d. Essendon 13.16
Goals - Powell 6, Stone 3, Hayes 2, G. Anderson 2, Letcher 2, Clarke 1, Colcott 1, Vagg 1
Best - Clarke, Powell, Stone
Round 5
Melbourne 17.12 d. Hawthorn 14.10
Goals - Powell 4, Campbell 4, Stone 3, Mitchell 2, Clarke 2, Anderson 1, Hayes 1
Best - Rhoden, Sinclair, Fowler
Round 6
Melbourne 20.23 d. Richmond 13.16
Goals - Wells 6, Vagg 5, Douthie 3, Stone 2, Clarke 1, Colcott 1, Jennings 1, Powell 1
Best - Emselle, K. Clarke, Sinclair
Round 7
Carlton 11.19 drew with Melbourne 11.19
Goals - Powell 2, Wells 2, Sinclair 2, Stone 1, Sampson 1, Hayes 1, Mitchell 1, Emselle 1
Best - Wells, Colcott, Anderson
Round 8
Fitzroy 14.15 d. Melbourne 8.18
Goals - Callery 3, Colcott 1, Jennings 1, Powell 1, Stanton 1, Wells 1
Best - Fletcher, Emselle, Stone
Round 9
Melbourne 14.12 d. South Melbourne 2.14
Goals - Colcott 4, Lakes 2, Mitchell 2, Jennings 2, Powell 2, Callery 1, Clarke 1
Best - Colcott, Rhoden, Lakes
Round 10
Melbourne 10.18 d. Footscray 9.12
Goals - Clarke 6, Hayes 3, Aitken 3, Jennings 2, Weekes 2, Johnson 1, Powell 1, Stone 1, Vagg 1
Best - Stanton, K. Clarke, Jennings
Round 11
Melbourne 16.14 d. St Kilda 10.16
Goals - Callery 4, Aitken 2, Vagg 2, Moylan 2, Clarke 1, Stone 1, Biffen 1, Weekes 1, Hayes 1, McKenzie 1
Best - Aitken, McKenzie, Weekes
Round 12
Melbourne 15.15 d. Geelong 12.6
Goals - Callery 3, Hayes 3, Biffin 2, Aitken 2, Campbell 1, Powell 1, Jennings 1, McKenzie 1, Bergman 1
Best - Stanton, Biffen, Emselle
Round 13
Melbourne 14.12 d. North Melbourne 12.16
Goals - Aitken 7, Osborne 2, Vagg 2, Callery 1, Jennings 1, McKenzie 1
Best - Aitken, Vagg, Rhoden
Round 14
Melbourne 15.13 d. Collingwood 11.12
Goals - Kenneally 4, Vagg 2, Powell 2, Biffin 2, K. Clarke 2, Jennings 1, Anderson 1, Stone 1
Best - Biffin, Kenneally, G. Osborne
Round 15
Essendon 19.13 d. Melbourne 13.7
Goals - Sinclair 4, Wells 2, Aitken 1, Biffin 1, Vagg 1, Carlson 1, Colcott 1, Jennings 1, Mitchell 1
Best - Osborne, Sinclair, Feldman
Round 16
Melbourne 8.12 d. Hawthorn 8.10
Goals - Colcott 3, Powell 1, Stone 1, Jennings 1, Vagg 1, Biffin 1
Best - Clarke, Osborne, Biffin
Round 17
Richmond 17.9 d. Melbourne 17.8
Goals - Callery 4, Kenneally 3, Powell 2, Biffin 2, Vagg 2, Aubrey 1, Stone 1, Campbell 1, Wells 1
Best - Sampson, Emselle, Kenneally
Round 18
Melbourne 16.17 d. Carlton 10.18
Goals - K. Clarke 3, Mitchell 3, Powell 3, Biffin 3, Stone 2, Aubrey 2
Best - Emselle, Aubrey, G. Osborne
Round 19
Melbourne 17.24 d. Fitzroy 12.12
Goals - Vagg 4, Colcott 3, McKenzie 2, Callery 2, Stone 1, Biffin 1, Kenneally 1, Hodges 1, Hayes 1, Mitchell 1
Best - Emselle, Biffin, Kenneally
Round 20
Melbourne 23.22 d. South Melbourne 17.12
Goals - Vagg 6, Aitken 4, Colcott 4, Stone 3, Aubrey 2, K. Clarke 1, Biffin 1, Jennings 1, Mitchell 1
Best - Vagg, Jennings, Osborne
Semi Final
Melbourne 12.16.88 d. Richmond 11.11.77
Goals - Biffin 5, Stone 2, Aitken 1, Clarke 1, Vagg 1, Kenneally 1, Mitchell 1
Best - Unknown
Grand Final
Melbourne 12.16.88 d. Carlton 8.12.60
Goals - Wells 3, Colcott 2, Aitken 2, Vagg 2, Kenneally 1, Clarke 1, Sampson 1
Best - Emselle, Wells, Jones
Ladder
| W | D | L | % | P | ||||
| Melbourne | 15 | 1 | 4 | 123.8 | 62 | |||
| Richmond | 14 | 1 | 5 | 128.0 | 58 | |||
| Carlton | 14 | 1 | 5 | 109.9 | 58 | |||
| Fitzroy | 12 | 0 | 8 | 119.3 | 48 | |||
| Essendon | 10 | 3 | 7 | 114.3 | 46 | |||
| Collingwood | 10 | 0 | 10 | 118.1 | 40 | |||
| St Kilda | 10 | 0 | 10 | 96.2 | 40 | |||
| Hawthorn | 9 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 95.9 | 38 |
| Footscray | 7 | 0 | 13 | 83.7 | 28 | |||
| Geelong | 6 | 1 | 13 | 92.5 | 26 | |||
| South Melbourne | 6 | 0 | 14 | 71.6 | 24 | |||
| North Melbourne | 3 | 0 | 17 | 70.9 | 12 | |||
Goalkickers
| Goals | Player | |||||||
| 30 | Barrie Vagg | |||||||
| 29 | Chris Aitken | |||||||
| 28 | Daryl Powell | |||||||
| 26 | Neville Stone | |||||||
| 23 | Kelvin Clarke | |||||||
| 21 | Russell Colcott | |||||||
| 19 | Ray Biffin | |||||||
| 18 | Paul Callery | |||||||
| 16 | Blair Campbell | |||||||
| 15 | David Hayes Greg Wells | |||||||
| 12 | Danny Jennings Mark Mitchell | |||||||
| 11 | Peter Sinclair | |||||||
| 10 | Bryan Kenneally | |||||||
| 8 | Graham Douthie | |||||||
| 5 | Graeme Aubrey McKenzie | |||||||
| 4 | Graeme Anderson | |||||||
| 3 | Elliott Max Walker Peter Weekes | |||||||
| 2 | George Lakes John Letcher T. Moylan Graham Osborne Ray Sampson | |||||||
| 1 | Carlson D. Clarke Lloyd Burgmann Ken Emselle John Forster Barry Hodges Tassie Johnson Brent Jones Michael Stanton | |||||||