Players (included)
Frank Adams, Keith Anderson, Noel Baker, Ron Barassi, Tony Bull, Keith Carroll, Bob Constable, Dever, Eric Douthie, John Ferguson, Lou Germaine, Barry Gill, Terry Gleeson, Leigh Gloury, Arthur Hayes, H. Marks, Ron McKenzie, Ian McLean, Tom McLean, H. Marks, Bill Morrow, Nevin Paynter, John Power, Roy Shaw, Smith, Thompson, Neil Whitaker, Jim Wilson
Extended squads/emergencies - J. Burke, Geoff Case, Noel Clarke, Enright, Ray Hutchins, Alan Krause, Ralph Lane, Maurie Lehmann, Anthony O'Callaghan, Max Orr, Kevin Parkes, Maurie Reeves, Rouse, Thompson, Des Tobias, Les Wallace, Don Williams
Matches
Round 1 - Saturday - 18 April
Richmond 12.11 d. Melbourne 10.16
Selected side (from):
O'Callaghan, Smith, Rouse, Germaine, Tobias, Hayes, Shaw, Reeves, Ferguson, Dever, Wallace, Power, Gleeson, Bull, Barassi, Constable, Baker, McKenzie, Whitaker, Lane, Enright, Case, Williams, Lehmann, Douthie, Hutchens
Round 2 - Saturday 2 May
Carlton 12.29 d. Melbourne 8.16
Round 3 - Saturday 9 May
Melbourne 18.16 d. North Melbourne 14.9
Goalkickers - Unknown
Best - Woods, Lehmann, Lane
Round 4 - Saturday 16 May
Footscray 14.12 d. Melbourne 9.8
Best - Case, Baker, Shaw
Selected side (from)
Carroll, T. McLean, Case, Gill, Douthie, Lane, Whittaker, Baker, Orr, Krause, Wallace, Shaw, Power, Lehmann, Ferguson, Dever, Wilson, Constable, McKenzie, Rouse, Smith, Germaine
Round 5 - Saturday 23 May
Melbourne 7.10 d. Essendon 4.11
Goals - Anderson 4, Unknown 3
Round 6 - Saturday 30 May
Melbourne 15.7 d. Fitzroy 9.14
Selected side (from):
Paynter, Gill, Krause, Lane, Case, Douthie, T. McLean, Lehmann, Wallace, Whitaker, McKenzie, Morrow, Barassi, Orr, Constable, Rouse, Germaine, Dever, Burke, Shaw, Anderson, Gleeson, Ferguson, Power, Wilson
Round 7 - Saturday 6 June
Geelong 17.14 d. Melbourne 11.13
Goals - Anderson 5, Unknown 6
Best - Wilson, Anderson, Gleeson
Round 8 - Saturday 13 June
Melbourne 9.10 d. South Melbourne 7.16
Round 9 - Saturday 20 June
Collingwood 13.15 d. Melbourne 10.8
Round 10 - Saturday 27 June
Melbourne 15.13.103 d. Hawthorn 9.6.60
Goals - Anderson 3, Wilson 3, Power 3, Barassi 2, Shaw 2, McKenzie 1, Constable 1
Best- Paynter, Constable, McKenzie
Selected side
B: I. McLean, T. McLean, Morrow
HB: Wilson, Power, Bull
C: Constable, Barassi, Anderson
HF: McKenzie, Shaw, Thompson
F: Dever, Smith, Marks
Foll: Germaine, Douthie, Whitaker
Emg: Ferguson, Gloury, Gill, Paynter
Round 11 - Saturday 4 July
St Kilda 8.9 d. Melbourne 5.15
Selected side
B: Gloury, Gill, Hayes
HB: Whitaker, Ferguson, Carroll
C: I. McLean, Morrow, McKenzie
HF: Baker, Thomson, Bull
F: Adams, Anderson, Gleeson
Foll: T. McLean, Power, Shaw
Emg: K. Smith, Dever, Rouse, Parkes, Germaine
Round 12 - Saturday 11 July
Richmond 14.14 d. Melbourne 9.10
Goals - Adams 3, Baker 3, Anderson 2, Hayes 1
Best - Adams, Baker, Paynter
Selected side (from)
Adams, Anderson, Baker, Bull, Clarke, Carroll, Dever, Germaine, Gill, Gleeson, Hayes, Krause, Marks, I. McLean, T. McLean, Paynter, Power, Rouse, Reeves, Shaw, Smith, Tobias, Thompson, Whitaker
Round 13 - Saturday 25 July
Melbourne 19.8 d. Carlton 16.16
Goals - Anderson 4, Unknown 15
Best - Baker, Anderson, Morrow
Round 14 - Saturday 1 August
North Melbourne 15.18 d. Melbourne 11.15
Goals - Anderson 5, Unknown 6
Best - Hayes, Anderson, Case
Round 15 - Saturday 8 August
Melbourne 15.16 d. Footscray 12.8
Goals - Anderson 5, Shearer 4, Reeves 2, McLean 1, Baker 1, Barassi 1, Tobias 1
Best - Ferguson, Barassi, Whittaker
Round 16 - Saturday 15 August
Essendon 13.12.90 d. Melbourne 6.3.39
Goals - Schofield 3, Bull 1, Bourke 1, Tobias 1
Best - Whittaker, McKenzie, Gill
Round 17 - Saturday 22 August
Melbourne 8.8 d. Fitzroy 5.13
Round 18 - Saturday 29 August
Melbourne 18.13 d. Geelong 13.16
Ladder
| W | D | L | % | P | |
| Essendon | 16 | 0 | 2 | 161.4 | 64 |
| Richmond | 14 | 0 | 4 | 127.8 | 56 |
| North Melbourne | 12 | 0 | 6 | 101.3 | 48 |
| Carlton | 11 | 0 | 7 | 121.7 | 44 |
| Collingwood | 9 | 0 | 9 | 114.6 | 36 |
| South Melbourne | 9 | 0 | 9 | 100.4 | 36 |
| Melbourne | 9 | 0 | 9 | 95.8 | 36 |
| Fitzroy | 8 | 0 | 10 | 98.0 | 32 |
| Geelong | 7 | 0 | 11 | 86.3 | 28 |
| Footscray | 6 | 0 | 12 | 92.6 | 24 |
| Hawthorn | 4 | 0 | 14 | 72.5 | 16 |
| St Kilda | 3 | 0 | 15 | 66.0 | 12 |