Players (included)
Adams, Archibald, Bishop, Bill Coffield, Gibbs, Gough, Hall, Jones, Joseph, McLean, Minnis, Danny Powell, Russell, Shearer, Sitch, Sutherland, White, Wilson
Matches
Practice match - Saturday 12 April
vs Richmond Districts
Practice match - Saturday 19 April
vs South Districts
Round 1 - Saturday 26 April
Fitzroy 15.17 d. Melbourne 13.12
Goals - Hall 3, Gibbs 3, Adams 2, Sitch 2, Jones 1, Powell 1, Archibald 1
Best - Unknown
Round 2 - Saturday 3 May
Melbourne 15.13 d. South Melbourne 12.12
Goals - Berriman 4, Adams 3, Williams 3, Jones 2, Powell 2, Hall 1, Baldwin 1
Best - Archibald, Berriman, Daly
Round 3 - Saturday 10 May
Melbourne 10.24 d. Geelong 11.10
Goals - Gibbs 3, Adams 2, Berriman 2, Unknown 3
Best - Daly, Berriman, Gibbs
Round 4 - Saturday 17 May
Melbourne 9.11 drew with St Kilda 8.17
Goals - Baldwin 4, Adams 2, Berriman 1, Gibbs 1, Gough 1
Best - Williams, White, Lenne
Round 5 - Saturday 31 May
Collingwood 15.22 d. Melbourne 9.11
Goals - Powell 3, Berriman 3, Unknown 3
Best - Williams, Daly, Coffield
Round 6 - Saturday 7 June
Melbourne 15.10.100 d. Footscray 15.9.99
Goals - Adams 4, Joseph 3, Lenne 3, Neenan 3, Unknown 5
Best - White, Lennie, Archibald
Round 7 - Saturday 14 June
Carlton 20.17 d. Melbourne 13.6
Goals - Joseph 6, Neenan 3, Unknown 4
Best - Unknown
Round 8 - Saturday 21 June
Melbourne 14.26 d. Hawthorn 6.11
Goals - Gibbs 3, Joseph 2, Powell 2, Williams 2, Unknown 4
Round 9 - Saturday 28 June
Melbourne 12.21 drew North Melbourne 14.9
Goals - Lewis 7, Joseph 3, Unknown 2
Best - Unknown
Round 10 - Saturday 5 July
Essendon 15.14 d. Melbourne 12.20
Goals - Williams 3, Joseph 3, Wilson 3, Unknown 3
Best - Williams, Daly, Powell
Round 11 - Saturday 12 July
Richmond 11.16 d. Melbourne 9.12
Selected side
B: Dean, Archibald, Anderson
HB: O'Shea, White, Coffield
C: Lenne, Ellis, Daly or Minnis
HF: Gough, Neenan, Copsey or Shalless
F: Adam, Joseph, Powell
Foll: McPherson, Lewis, Gibbs
19th: Unknown
Emg: Sitch, Ashdown, Tiffen, Rouse, Geary, Elkington, Cardwell, Ansell, Phillips
Round 12 - Saturday 19 July
Melbourne 10.12.72 d. Fitzroy 7.13.55
Goals - Joseph 2, Russell 2, Unknown 6
Best - Wilson, McLean, White
Round 13 - Saturday 26 July
Melbourne 12.9 d. South Melbourne 8.11
Round 14 - Saturday 2 August
Geelong 11.17 d. Melbourne 9.7
Round 15 - Saturday 9 August
Melbourne 11.18 d. St Kilda 11.9
Round 16 - Saturday 16 August
Collingwood 16.16 d. Melbourne 12.10
Round 17 - Saturday 23 August
Footscray 16.24 d. Melbourne 11.8
Round 18- Saturday 30 August
Melbourne 15.17 d. Carlton 14.14
Ladder
| W | D | L | % | P | |
| Essendon | 15 | 0 | 3 | 60 | |
| Fitzroy | 13 | 0 | 5 | 52 | |
| Richmond | 12 | 0 | 6 | 48 | |
| Collingwood | 11 | 0 | 7 | 44 | |
| North Melbourne | 10 | 1 | 7 | 42 | |
| St Kilda | 9 | 1 | 8 | 38 | |
| Melbourne | 8 | 2 | 8 | 36 | |
| Carlton | 8 | 0 | 10 | 32 | |
| Footscray | 7 | 0 | 11 | 28 | |
| Geelong | 6 | 0 | 12 | 24 | |
| South Melbourne | 4 | 0 | 14 | 16 | |
| Hawthorn | 3 | 0 | 15 | 12 | |