Leading goalkicker - Graeme Wilkinson (49)
Best and Fairest - Robert Hayes
Second Best and Fairest - Ben Crameri
Best First Year Player - George Milner
Best Clubman - Don Thorne
Most Improved - Kevin Mithen
Outstanding Service - Terry Mountain, Peter Cook, Graeme Wilkinson
Players included Allison, Ash, Brenchley, Case, Clay, Crameri, Crompton, Davidson, Dunsford, Fenton-Smith, Hayes, James, Lay, McKenzie, K. Mithen, Mountain Pinfold, Thorogood, Turner, Wandin, Whyte, Wilson, Wilkinson, Williamson
Matches
Round 1 - Monday 20 or Saturday 22 April
Melbourne 16.15 d. Fitzroy 15.17
Round 2 - Saturday 27 April
Collingwood 10.14 d. Melbourne 7.18
Goals - Unknown
Best - Thorogood, Jones, Case
Round 3 - Saturday 4 May
Melbourne 14.15 d. Essendon 12.7
Goals - Whyte 4, Unknown 11
Best - Dunsford, Gleeson, Wilson
Round 4 - Saturday 11 May
Melbourne 19.18 d. Hawthorn 10.9
Goals - Wilkinson 9, Unknown 10
Best - Wilson, Wilkinson, Mountain
Round 5 - Saturday 18 May
St Kilda 15.8 d. Melbourne 11.14
Goals - Wilkinson 4, Unknown 7
Best - Turner, Mountain, Hayes
Round 6 - Saturday 25 May
Melbourne 13.12 d South Melbourne 8.21
Goals - Brenchley 5, Unknown 8
Best - Wilson, Lord, Crompton
Round 7 - Saturday 1 June
Melbourne 13.8 d. Richmond 10.14
Goals - Wilkinson 4, Unknown 9
Best - Mountain, Brenchley, Lay
Round 8 - Saturday 8 June
Melbourne 17.15 d. Carlton 10.13
Goals - Wilkinson 8, Whyte 5, Unknown 4
Best - Laidlaw, Lay, Wilkinson
Round 9 - Saturday 15 June
Geelong 16.4 d. Melbourne 14.12
Goals - Brenchley 5, Burrows 3, Unknown 6
Best - Brenchley, Dunkerley, Whyte
Round 10 - Saturday 22 June
North Melbourne 11.14 d. Melbourne 6.10
Goals - McKay 2, Unknown 4
Best - Hayes, Turner, Dunkerley
Round 11 - Saturday 29 June
Footscray 16.9 d. Melbourne 6.9
Goals - McKay 2, Unknown 4
Best - Cook, Pinfold, Sandral
Round 12- Saturday 6 July
Fitzroy 18.15 d. Melbourne 11.19
Goals - Cooke 3, Mountain 2, White 2, Lay 2, Unknown 2
Best - Mithen, Milner and Sandral
Round 13 - Saturday 13 July
Collingwood 13.14 d. Melbourne 12.9
Goals - Crameri 6, Cook 3, Unknown 3
Best - Cook, Sandral, Hayes
Round 14 - Saturday 27 July
Essendon 17.11 d. Melbourne 3.7
Goals - Boyle 2, Unknown 1
Best - Hayes, Milner, Jones
Round 15 - Saturday 3 August
Hawthorn 10.7 d. Melbourne 7.16
Goals - Burrows 2, Lay 2, Unknown 3
Best - Mountain, Pinfold, Hayes
Round 16 - Saturday 10 August
St Kilda 9.11 d. Melbourne 8.15
Goals - Wilkinson 3, Dudley 2
Best - K. Mithen, Lord, Jones
Round 17 - Saturday 17 August
Melbourne 23.14 d. South Melbourne 9.9
Goals - Wilkinson 7, Lay 4, Brenchley 3, Crompton 3, Fenton-Smith 3, Unknown 6
Best - Cook, Brenchley, Wilkinson
Round 18 - Saturday 24 August
Melbourne 10.7 d. Richmond 8.17
Goals - Wilkinson 4, Crompton 2
Best - K. Mithen, Sandral, Crompton
Ladder
| W | D | L | % | P | |
| North Melbourne | 15 | 0 | 3 | 129.8 | 60 |
| Fitzroy | 14 | 0 | 4 | 121.2 | 56 |
| Essendon | 12 | 0 | 6 | 113.0 | 48 |
| St Kilda | 12 | 0 | 6 | 110.0 | 48 |
| Footscray | 11 | 0 | 7 | 123.0 | 44 |
| Melbourne | 8 | 0 | 10 | 98.5 | 32 |
| Richmond | 7 | 1 | 10 | 106.4 | 30 |
| Collingwood | 7 | 0 | 11 | 94.5 | 28 |
| South Melbourne | 7 | 0 | 11 | 78.6 | 28 |
| Hawthorn | 6 | 0 | 11 | 92.1 | 26 |
| Geelong | 5 | 0 | 13 | 85.5 | 20 |
| Carlton | 3 | 0 | 15 | 74.6 | 12 |
Goalkickers:
Graeme Wilkinson - 49
Whyte - 23
Media
Football Record R18 1957