Captain - Coach: Ivor Warne-Smith
Finishing Position: 5th
Best and Fairest: n/a
Leading Goalkicker: Richard Taylor (30)
Best First Year Player: n/a
| Matches | Ladder | Playing List | Seconds | ||
With two matches to play Melbourne held a six point lead over fifth placed St Kilda, but a loss to the Seasiders meant that they had to play a final round match against unbeaten Collingwood needing to win to qualify for the four. They lost, St Kilda won at Footscray and Melbourne were out of fourth after defending the position for most of the year.
In May the Theatrical Employees' Union called upon unionists to boycott games at the MCG on the charge that the ground's management wasn't observing terms of the award covering ticket sellers.
At the end of the year the committee instructed its delegates to the VFL to vote against the further expansion of the competition and a 22 round season.
The club had income of 3041p, and expenses of 4094p. One of the fathers of the club, Henry Harrison passed away on September 2nd.
Premiership Season
| Round | Opposition | Result | Score | ||
| 1 | South Melbourne | WIN | 80-58 | ||
| 2 | Geelong | LOSS | 28-87 | ||
| 3 | Fitzroy | WIN | 107-76 | ||
| 4 | North Melbourne | WIN | 99-41 | ||
| 5 | Footscray | DRAW | 75-75 | ||
| 6 | St. Kilda | WIN | 61-59 | ||
| 7 | Collingwood | LOSS | 59-83 | ||
| 8 | Carlton | LOSS | 42-77 | ||
| 9 | Essendon | WIN | 82-76 | ||
| 10 | Richmond | WIN | 68-65 | ||
| 11 | Hawthorn | WIN | 53-43 | ||
| 12 | South Melbourne | LOSS | 69-82 | ||
| 13 | Geelong | WIN | 50-48 | ||
| 14 | Fitzroy | WIN | 77-41 | ||
| 15 | North Melbourne | WIN | 107-50 | ||
| 16 | Footscray | WIN | 82-41 | ||
| 17 | St. Kilda | LOSS | 49-66 | ||
| 18 | Collingwood | LOSS | 40-96 | ||
Ladder
| W | D | L | % | P | |
| Collingwood | 18 | 0 | 0 | 171.7 | 72 |
| Carlton | 15 | 0 | 3 | 136.9 | 60 |
| Richmond | 12 | 1 | 5 | 121.7 | 50 |
| St. Kilda | 12 | 0 | 6 | 130.3 | 48 |
| Melbourne | 11 | 1 | 6 | 105.5 | 46 |
| Essendon | 9 | 1 | 8 | 96.0 | 38 |
| Geelong | 8 | 0 | 10 | 108.6 | 32 |
| South Melbourne | 7 | 0 | 11 | 84.8 | 28 |
| Footscray | 6 | 1 | 11 | 86.6 | 26 |
| Hawthorn | 4 | 0 | 14 | 76.9 | 16 |
| Fitzroy | 3 | 0 | 15 | 73.3 | 12 |
| North Melbourne | 1 | 0 | 17 | 60.2 | 4 |
Playing List
| Number | Player | Games | Goals | ||
| 1 | Stan Wittman | 11 | 16 | ||
| 2 | Wyn Murray | 17 | 0 | ||
| 4 | Jim Abernethy | 18 | 6 | ||
| 5 | Tommy McConville | 7 | 7 | ||
| 6 | Ted Esposito | 14 | 2 | ||
| 7 | Norman Driver | 5 | 0 | ||
| 8 | Herbert White | 12 | 4 | ||
| 10 | Jack Collins | 18 | 0 | ||
| 11 | Art Beaumont | 2 | 0 | ||
| 12 | Bob Corbett | 18 | 0 | ||
| 14 | Ivor Warne-Smith | 18 | 19 | ||
| 15 | Charlie Barnes | 5 | 0 | ||
| 16 | Robert C Johnson | 14 | 28 | ||
| 17 | Bill MacDonald | 15 | 3 | ||
| 18 | Alec Proudfoot | 1 | 0 | ||
| 19 | Clem Carr | 2 | 0 | ||
| 20 | Harry Long | 7 | 3 | ||
| 21 | Mick Comber | 1 | 1 | ||
| 22 | Ossie Green | 11 | 0 | ||
| 23 | Francis Vine | 11 | 4 | ||
| 24 | Jack Haw | 9 | 4 | ||
| 25 | Carlyle Jones | 8 | 10 | ||
| 27 | Bill Tymms | 12 | 0 | ||
| 28 | Henry McCrae | 3 | 7 | ||
| 29 | Jimmy Davidson | 18 | 16 | ||
| 31 | Col Deane | 16 | 3 | ||
| 32 | Gordon Ogden | 9 | 0 | ||
| 34 | Ray Usher | 16 | 0 | ||
| 35 | Richard Taylor | 17 | 30 | ||
| 37 | George Cassidy | 5 | 3 | ||
| 38 | Jim Moodie | 4 | 3 | ||
| Round | Player | Charge | Sanction | ||
| Round 16 | George Cassidy | Retaliating | 4 matches | ||
Seconds
1929 Seconds season
Ladder
Ladder
| Team | Points | ||||
| Richmond | 64 | ||||
| Essendon | 56 | ||||
| Geelong | 52 | ||||
| South Melbourne | 52 | ||||
| Fitzroy | 36 | ||||
| Carlton | 36 | ||||
| Collingwood | 30 | ||||
| Footscray | 28 | ||||
| Melbourne | 24 | ||||
| North Melbourne | 24 | ||||
| St Kilda | 20 | ||||
| Hawthorn | 10 | ||||
Notes
During one of the matches against South Melbourne an umpire Devine paid 158 free kicks, the most in any VFL/AFL game ever.
Media
Argus - 18/12/1929
Age - 24/01/1930
Herald - 09/05/1929
Football Record R17 1996
Links
AFL Tables 1929 page]