Coach: Bob Skilton
Captain: Stan Alves
Finishing Position: 10th
Best and Fairest: Laurie Fowler
Leading Goalkicker: Greg Wells (32)
Best First Year Player: Marty Lyons

Matches

Ladder

Playing List

Night Series

Best and Fairest

Reserves

Under 19s

Coming off a wooden spoon in the first year of the Bob Skilton era, the Demons started the season brightly but faded to improve just two positions on their 1974 performance.

For the first time the club’s coffers were bolstered by a sponsorship team. A company that produced well-known food brands was controlled by a family of Melbourne supporters, and in exchange for their donation were provided with signage at the MCG and logos on player apparel.

In the pre-season, Melbourne was runner-up to Essendon in a charity Footy Olympics competition. The team included Graham Osborne (2nd in the 100m sprint), Robert Flower (winner of 1500m steeplechase and ball race), Stan Alves (second in 1500m steeplechase), Wayne Delmenico (third in 1600 metre race and second in 800 metres), Peter Keays (800 metres winner),

A night series was proposed by Channel 7 shortly before the season began, but did not take place when only five of 12 clubs voted in favour of the concept. Melbourne was one of the seven to vote against. Later in the year they were the only club in favour of a lightning premiership to be hosted by the MCC on the Preliminary Final day when a game was being played at Waverley. The idea foundered on lack of interest.

At the end of the season the club complained about the staged nature of the Brownlow Medal count, which was set up to have Gary Dempsey pass Stan Alves in the last vote of the night. The same scenario happened to Greg Wells in 1972 and Gary Hardeman in 1974.

The club lost $27,827 for the year.

Practice Matches

Opposition	Result	Score
South Melbourne	WIN	85-60
Richmond	WIN	103-102

Premiership Season

Round	Opposition	Result	Score
1	Footscray	WIN	111-100
2	North Melbourne	WIN	105-103
3	Essendon	LOSS	100-117
4	St. Kilda	LOSS	80-133
5	Hawthorn	LOSS	81-136
6	South Melbourne	WIN	155-90
7	Richmond	LOSS	78-132
8	Carlton	LOSS	81-110
9	Fitzroy	WIN	123-112
10	Geelong	LOSS	98-104
11	Collingwood	WIN	95-73
12	Footscray	LOSS	92-131
13	North Melbourne	LOSS	46-80
14	St. Kilda	LOSS	49-101
15	Essendon	WIN	134-109
16	Hawthorn	LOSS	107-119
17	South Melbourne	WIN	91-75
18	Richmond	WIN	127-90
19	Carlton	WIN	89-51
20	Fitzroy	LOSS	89-100
21	Geelong	LOSS	64-70
22	Collingwood	LOSS	97-98

Ladder

	W	D	L	%	P
Hawthorn	17	0	5	137.3	68
Carlton	16	0	6	129.2	64
North Melbourne	14	0	8	115.1	56
Richmond	13	0	9	113.5	52
Collingwood	13	0	9	93.9	52
St. Kilda	11	0	11	101.4	44
Footscray	11	0	11	94.8	44
Essendon	10	0	12	90.7	40
Fitzroy	9	0	13	97.1	36
Melbourne	9	0	13	93.6	36
Geelong	7	0	15	78.2	28
South Melbourne	2	0	20	75.0	8

Playing List

Number	Player	Games	Goals
1	Garry Baker	16	15
2	Robert Flower	20	14
4	Tony Sullivan	15	0
5	Des Campbell	18	6
6	Ross Brewer	14	28
7	Graham Osborne	10	1
8	Peter Keenan	19	21
9	Laurie Fowler	22	0
10	Carl Ditterich	12	18
11	Greg Wells	21	32
12	Marty Lyons	19	12
13	Henry Coles	9	9
14	Neil Chamberlain	1	0
15	Stan Alves	20	26
16	Peter Keays	10	0
17	Denis Clark	16	3
18	John Tilbrook	2	0
19	Ray Biffin	19	7
20	Paul Hurst	16	5
21	Graham Molloy	2	0
22	Frank Giampaolo	12	17
23	Shane Fitzsimmons	10	7
24	Wayne Delmenico	14	0
25	Barry Ough	1	0
26	Gary Guy	15	5
28	Tony Dullard	19	4
31	Billy Barham	3	2
32	Kim Smith	4	3
33	Gary Hardeman	21	31
34	Mal Owens	1	0
35	Steven Smith	22	24
36	David Kelly	1	0
37	Ted Carroll	7	2
38	Terry Wilkins	11	1
40	John Sparks	4	4
43	Ray Smith	10	1
46	Glenn Walley	1	1
50	Colin Graham	2	0
52	Greg Hutchison	1	0

Best and Fairest

	Player
1st	Laurie Fowler
2nd	Stan Alves
3rd	Ray Biffin
4th	Greg Wells
5th	Gary Hardeman

Other Awards
Redlegs Trophy - Steven Smith

Tribunal

Round	Player	Charge	Sanction
Round 3	Carl Ditterich	Striking	4 matches
Round 8	Tony Dullard	Striking	2 matches
Round 11	Des Campbell	Striking	2 matches
Under 19s Grand Final	Shane Young	Striking	Reprimand

Reserves

1975 Reserves Season
Best and Fairest - Neil Chamberlain
Second Best and Fairest - David Murray
Outstanding Service Award - Barry Ough, Ted Carroll and Graham Molloy

	W	D	L	%	P
Richmond	18	0	4	153.1	72
Geelong	15	0	7	122.0	60
Essendon	13	1	8	102.5	54
Hawthorn	12	0	10	104.9	48
Melbourne	12	0	10	92.9	48
Collingwood	10	0	12	101.8	40
South Melbourne	10	0	12	96.6	40
Footscray	10	0	12	92.8	40
North Melbourne	9	2	11	109.5	36
Carlton	8	0	14	85.8	32
Fitzroy	7	1	14	82.0	30
St Kilda	7	0	15	75.0	28

Finals

Round	Opponent	Result	Score
EF	Hawthorn	LOSS	85-144

Under 19s

Captain - Chris Munday
Under 19's Best and Fairest - Mark Davidson
Second Best and Fairest - Geoff Delaney
Outstanding Service Awards - Geoff Campbell and Stephen Ellingworth
Best Finals Player - Shane Young
Best in Grand Final - Peter Hamilton

	W	D	L	%	P
Richmond	20	1	1	177.2	82
North Melbourne	19	2	1	158.1	78
Collingwood	14	0	8	121.1	76
Melbourne	12	0	10	110.0	48
Fitzroy	11	0	11	103.8	44
St Kilda	11	0	11	89.7	44
Essendon	10	0	12	93.4	40
Hawthorn	10	0	12	91.8	40
Footscray	7	1	14	88.7	30
Geelong	7	0	15	75.3	28
Carlton	6	1	15	83.2	26
South Melbourne	3	0	19	58.2	12

• North Melbourne later lost points from 16 matches for fielding an ineligible player

Finals

Round	Opponent	Result	Score
QF	Collingwood	WIN	95-82
SF	Richmond	WIN	74-66
GF	Richmond	LOSS	89-94

Fourths

Best and Fairest - Andrew McKaige
Second Best and Fairest - Craig Derrick
Outstanding Service Awards - David Keane and Ian McCormack
Best Clubman - Jeff Mackie

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