Years: 1877 - 1896, 1925 -
AKA: Hotham (1877-1887)
Home grounds: Arden Street, Coburg Oval, Princes Park, SCG, Docklands, Bellerive Oval

First VFA match: June 1877 at Richmond Paddock
First VFL match: Round 5, 1925 at MCG

Wins	Draws	Losses	%
88	1	77	53.01

(to end 2023)

A North Melbourne side played between 1869 and 1876 before disbanding. A new club appeared in 1877, known as Hotham and playing in the VFA. They played under that name until 1887 before becoming North Melbourne. The club joined the VFL in 1925.

Melbourne's equal highest scores in a match are both against North.

VFL/AFL

Biggest Win

	Margin	Round	Venue
1	122	Round 7, 1937	MCG
2	118	Elimination Final 1987	MCG
3	108	Round 10, 1972	Arden Street
4	90	Round 7, 2023	MCG
5	87	Round 18, 1928	MCG
6	85	Round 21, 1986	MCG
7	84	Round 7, 1927	MCG
8	82	Round 11, 1959	MCG
9	72	Round 13, 1964	MCG
10	70	Round 5, 1991	MCG

Highest Score

	Score	Round	Venue
1	28.14.182	Round 21, 1986	MCG
1	28.14.182	Round 5, 1991	MCG
3	25.16.166	Round 7, 1937	MCG
4	22.26.158	Elimination Final 1987	MCG
5	23.18.156	Preliminary Final 2000	MCG
6	23.17.155	Round 10, 1972	Arden Street
7	22.17.149	Round 7, 1971	MCG
8	23.7.145	Round 2, 2000	MCG
9	22.11.143	Round 7, 1982	MCG
10	22.10.142	Round 1, 1990	MCG

Biggest Loss

	Margin	Round	Venue
1	129	Round 10, 1981	Waverley
2	127	Round 14, 1990	MCG
3	122	Round 18, 2013	Docklands
4	113	Round 19, 1978	Arden Street
4	113	Round 17, 1996	MCG
6	87	Round 7, 1980	Waverley
7	85	Round 12, 1976	Waverley
8	76	Round 8, 1978	MCG
9	73	Round 22, 1983	Arden Street
10	72	Round 20, 1979	Arden Street

Lowest Score

	Score	Round	Venue
1	3.9.27	Round 8, 1946	Arden Street
2	4.4.28	Round 18, 2013	Docklands
3	4.8.32	Round 14, 1950	MCG
4	4.12.36	Round 9, 1966	Arden Street
5	6.4.40	Round 15, 1968	Arden Street
6	6.7.43	Round 10, 1981	Waverley
7	6.9.45	Round 20, 1979	Arden Street
8	6.10.46	Round 13, 1975	Waverley
8	6.10.46	Round 16, 1925	Arden Street
8	5.16.46	Round 5, 1949	MCG

Lowest Score (1980-)

	Score	Round	Venue
1	4.4.28	Round 18, 2013	Docklands
2	6.7.43	Round 10, 1981	Waverley
3	6.12.48	Round 9, 1986	Waverley
4	7.15.57	Round 18, 1980	Arden Street
5	8.10.58	Round 16, 1997	MCG
5	7.16.58	Round 16, 1997	MCG
7	7.17.59	Round 2, 1987	MCG
8	7.19.61	Round 12, 1988	MCG
8	8.13.61	Round 19, 2009	Docklands
10	9.8.62	Round 16, 2007	Docklands

Shared Players

1920s
Gerry Donnelly

1930s
Jack Harrison
Beres Reilly
Richard Taylor
Cliff Tyson

1940s
Ernie O'Rourke

1950s
Tom McLean
Peter Schofield

1960s
Tony Thiessen

1970s
Stan Alves
Brent Crosswell
Daryl Cumming
Alan Jarrott
Peter Keenan
Tony May

1980s
Phil Carman
Steven Icke
Doug Koop
Bill Nettlefold
Xavier Tanner
Rodney Wright
Shane Zantuck
Brian Wilson

1990s
Paul Bryce
Alastair Clarkson
Robert Pyman
Shaun Smith

2000s
Shannon Motlop
Byron Pickett

2010s
Ben Brown
Cameron Pedersen
Braydon Preuss
Dom Tyson
Corey Wagner

AFLW

First AFLW match: Round 4, 2019 at Casey Fields

Wins	Draws	Losses	%
6	0	2	75.00

(to QF 2023)

Biggest win

	Margin	Round	Venue
1	23	Round 8, 2020	Princes Park
2	17	Preliminary Final, 2022 spring season	Princes Park
3	10	Round 8, 2022 summer season	Casey Fields
4	9	Round 3, 2021	Casey Fields
5	2	Round 1, 2020	Casey Fields
5	2	Round 2, 2022 spring season	MCG

Highest score

	Margin	Round	__Venue
1	9.6.60	Round 3, 2021	Casey Fields
2	5.7.37	Round 8, 2023	Princes Park
3	5.4.34	Round 4, 2019	Casey Fields
4	5.3.33	Preliminary Final, 2022 spring season
5	4.3.27	Round 8, 2022 summer season	Casey Fields
6	3.8.26	Round 2, 2022 spring season	MCG
7	3.4.22	Round 1, 2020	Casey Fields
8	1.3.9	2023 AFLW Qualifying Final	2023 Qualifying Final	Princes Park

Biggest loss

	Margin	Round	__Venue
1	41	2023 AFLW Qualifying Final	2023 Qualifying Final	Princes Park
2	4	Round 4, 2019	Casey Fields

Shared players

2010s
Jasmine Grierson
Emma Humphries