Coach: Alex Hall
Captain: Hugh Purse
Finishing Position: 8th
Best and Fairest: n/a
Leading Goalkicker: Vin Coutie (37)
Best First Year Player: n/a
Before the season former secretary Amos Norcott challenged incumbent George Beachcroft for the job. Despite Beachcroft having presided over a much improved 1907, Norcott won a vote of members 457 to 388.At the same election 10 candidates stood for five positions on the committee - AH Rowe, JA Harper, A. Sowden, C. Sinclair, CE Couchman, GH Goddard, Dr TRH Willis, Dr JF Agnew, WM Cattlin and RM Osborne.
New training rooms were installed in a new stand at the MCG, and a resolution was submitted to the MCC that players should receive free membership of the cricket club after playing football with Melbourne for three years.
Melbourne had a reasonable season, but at the next year's annual meeting the practice of bringing established players in from the country was to be discontinued due to the expense involved and the inability of the players to train properly with their teammates. They instead resolved to try and get recruits jobs in Melbourne, and appealed to supporters to help organise suitable positions.
In honour of the 50 year anniversary of Australian Football, and the Melbourne club, a carnival was held in Melbourne between all the Australian states and New Zealand. Joe Pearce and Hugh Purse were the Redlegs representatives in the Victorian side.
Practice Matches
Premiership Season
| Round | Opposition | Result | Score
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| 1 | Richmond | LOSS | 51-62
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| 2 | Carlton | LOSS | 44-62
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| 3 | Geelong | WIN | 72-50
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| 4 | South Melbourne | WIN | 75-73
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| 5 | St. Kilda | LOSS | 25-66
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| 6 | University | LOSS | 19-79
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| 7 | Essendon | LOSS | 66-72
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| 8 | Collingwood | LOSS | 32-56
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| 9 | Fitzroy | WIN | 28-25
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| 10 | Richmond | WIN | 82-12
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| 11 | Carlton | LOSS | 31-63
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| 12 | Geelong | WIN | 66-48
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| 13 | South Melbourne | WIN | 74-40
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| 14 | St. Kilda | WIN | 107-51
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| 15 | University | LOSS | 54-58
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| 16 | Essendon | LOSS | 59-119
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| 17 | Collingwood | LOSS | 32-45
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| 18 | Fitzroy | LOSS | 10-84 |
Ladder
| W | D | L | % | P
|
| Carlton | 17 | 0 | 1 | 169.4 | 68
|
| Essendon | 14 | 0 | 4 | 142.5 | 56
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| St. Kilda | 10 | 0 | 8 | 101.4 | 40
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| Collingwood | 10 | 0 | 8 | 97.0 | 40
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| South Melbourne | 9 | 0 | 9 | 101.4 | 36
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| University | 8 | 0 | 10 | 96.0 | 32
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| Fitzroy | 7 | 0 | 11 | 109.4 | 28
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| Melbourne | 7 | 0 | 11 | 87.0 | 28
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| Richmond | 6 | 0 | 12 | 73.7 | 24
|
| Geelong | 2 | 0 | 16 | 68.6 | 8 |
Exhibition Matches
Playing List
Tribunal
Media
Herald - 06/03/1908
Argus - 13/03/1908
Argus - 05/03/1909
