Coach: Norm Smith
Captain: John Beckwith
Finishing Position: 1st (Runners-Up)
Best and Fairest: Laurie Mithen
Leading Goalkicker: Ron Barassi / Athol Webb (44)
Best First Year Player: Alan Rowarth

Matches

Ladder

Playing List

Best and Fairest

Seconds

Thirds

Having won three premierships from their four consecutive Grand Final appearances, the Demons were now shooting for a chance to equal Collingwood's record of four flags in a row. In contrast to the 1957 pre-season when they had been written off, 1958 saw most tipsters selecting them to win the flag. The only senior player lost was Jim Sandral, who'd gone to Corowa to coach, leaving them with more returning players than any other side in the league.

The season took a break for three weeks in late June and mid July for an interstate carnival to be played in Victoria. Melbourne players picked to represent the VFL were John Beckwith, Robert B Johnson, Ron Barassi, Laurie Mithen and Don Williams.

Immediately after the heavy Round 11 loss, their worst in five years, the Demons appointed Ron Baggott as an assistant to Norm Smith. He was employed to do specialist work with players while Smith directed training generally.

A "Highlights of '58" exhibition at the Olympic Swimming Stadium during the season saw the Demons win the final of a league goalkicking contest against Richmond. Bob Johnson and Athol Webb booted three each in the final. Johnson also appeared in Melbourne's tug-of-war team alongside Peter Marquis.

At the end of the season six players registered for professional foot races. Frank Adams, Peter Brenchley, Athol Webb, Brian Dixon, Geoff Case and Brian Dunsford all ran in various athletics competitions. The club had its end of season trip to Surfers Paradise, and while they were there they played an exhibition match under lights against Carlton.

Melbourne's VFL delegates were Bert Chadwick and Richard Taylor, though Ivor Warne-Smith replaced Chadwick between 14 March and 4 June as the delegate took a leave of absence.

Premiership Season

Round	Opposition	Result
1	Carlton	WIN
2	Geelong	WIN
3	North Melbourne	WIN
4	Hawthorn	WIN
5	Essendon	WIN
6	St. Kilda	LOSS
7	Footscray	WIN
8	Richmond	WIN
9	South Melbourne	WIN
10	Collingwood	WIN
11	Fitzroy	LOSS
12	Carlton	WIN
13	Geelong	WIN
14	North Melbourne	WIN
15	Hawthorn	WIN
16	Essendon	LOSS
17	St. Kilda	WIN
18	Footscray	WIN
SF	Collingwood	WIN
GF	Collingwood	LOSS

Ladder

	W	D	L	%	P
Melbourne	15	0	3	123.7	60
Collingwood	12	0	6	123.7	48
Fitzroy	12	0	6	120.9	48
North Melbourne	11	0	7	92.7	44
Essendon	10	0	8	111.3	40
Hawthorn	9	0	9	109.3	36
Carlton	8	0	10	91.9	32
St. Kilda	7	0	11	92.2	28
South Melbourne	7	0	11	88.7	28
Richmond	7	0	11	88.5	28
Footscray	6	0	12	97.3	24
Geelong	4	0	14	73.8	16

Exhibition match

Opposition	Result
Carlton	WIN

Playing List

Number	Name	Games	Goals
1	Dick Fenton-Smith	19	0
2	Alan Rowarth	10	3
3	Peter Marquis	13	0
4	John Lord	11	1
5	Ian McLean	20	8
6	Frank Adams	13	13
7	Geoff Case	19	12
9	Brian Dixon	20	2
10	Bob Turner	7	2
11	Laurie Mithen	20	1
12	Neil Crompton	8	8
14	Trevor Johnson	18	3
15	Athol Webb	20	44
16	Bob Johnson	20	41
17	Graeme Wilkinson	1	0
18	Kevin Mithen	3	0
19	Keith Carroll	9	0
20	Graeme Pinfold	3	0
21	Peter Cook	1	0
22	Ben Crameri	1	0
22	John Kerr	1	2
23	Geoff Tunbridge	18	19
24	Ian Ridley	20	39
25	Don Williams	20	0
26	Ian Thorogood	13	0
27	Denis Jones	16	0
28	Terry Gleeson	5	0
30	John Beckwith	18	0
31	Ron Barassi	18	44
33	Colin Wilson	18	0
35	Clyde Laidlaw	14	4
38	Peter Brenchley	3	1

Best and Fairest

	Player
1st	Laurie Mithen
2nd	Don Williams
3rd	Ian McLean

Other Awards
Outstanding Service - Brian Dixon

Seconds

1958 Seconds season

Best and Fairest - Neil Crompton
Second Best and Fairest - Kevin Mithen
Best First Year Player - Lance Rolfe
Best Clubman - David McKenzie
Outstanding Service - Terry Gleeson, Trevor Clay, Alan Rowarth, Graeme Wilkinson

Tribunal

Round	Player	Charge	Sanction
GF	Ron Barassi	Striking	Guilty

	W	D	L	%	P
Hawthorn	15	0	3	138.2	60
Essendon	13	0	5	114.6	52
Collingwood	11	0	7	126.7	44
Fitzroy	11	0	7	108.2	44
St Kilda	11	0	7	103.9	44
Footscray	8	0	10	98.8	32
Geelong	8	0	10	95.7	32
Melbourne	7	0	11	98.8	28
Carlton	7	0	11	85.6	28
North Melbourne	7	0	11	84.2	28
South Melbourne	6	0	12	93.0	24
Richmond	4	0	14	72.2	16

Richmond were stripped of a win which was given to Essendon.

Thirds

1958 Thirds season

Captain - Neil Campbell
Vice-Captain - Kevin Avery
Best and Fairest - Neil Campbell
Second Best and Fairest - Ron McLeod
Most Consistent - Gary Buswell
Outstanding service - Gary Butler, John Kerley, Doug McIver, Murray Grainger, Kevin Avery

	W	D	L	%	P
Richmond	13	0	3	137.6	52
Essendon	13	0	3	133.8	52
St Kilda	12	0	4	147.3	48
Carlton	11	0	5	116.2	44
South Melbourne	10	0	6	118.4	40
Footscray	10	0	6	98.8	40
Collingwood	8	0	8	111.9	32
Geelong	6	0	10	84.7	24
North Melbourne	5	0	11	92.1	20
Melbourne	5	0	11	83.1	20
Fitzroy	2	0	14	63.2	8
Hawthorn	1	0	15	66.6	4

Fourths

Best and Fairest - Malcolm Innes
Second Best and Fairest - Alec Ingwersen
Outstanding service - Terry Rankin, Brian Jeffrey, Jim Edwards, Ian Bowater

Media
"VFL sides name final lists" - The Age 07/04/1958
Football Record R11 1958
"Demon coach gets assistant" - The Age 25/06/1958
"Injuries a problem in tug-o-war" - The Age 15/07/1958
"Demons Win Goal Kicking" - The Age 22/08/1958
"Mithen wins Demon award" - The Age 27/09/1958
The Age - 29/09/1958
"Bluey Adams After Records" - The Age 17/12/1958