| pos | | pl | w | d | l | pts | f | a | % |
| 1 | FIT | 17 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 52 | 883 | 531 | 166.3 |
| 2 | ESS | 17 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 44 | 859 | 550 | 156.2 |
| 3 | GEE | 17 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 44 | 799 | 559 | 142.9 |
| 4 | COL | 17 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 40 | 756 | 617 | 122.5 |
| 5 | MEL | 17 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 32 | 809 | 716 | 113.0 |
| 6 | SME | 17 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 32 | 550 | 673 | 81.7 |
| 7 | CAR | 17 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 24 | 473 | 750 | 63.1 |
| 8 | STK | 17 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 439 | 1172 | 37.5 |
| rd | date | team score | | opponent | result | venue | h/a | net | rank | opp | line | swing | new net |
| 1 | Sat May 05 | 12. | 10 | 82 | v | SYD | 4. | 2 | 26 | W | 56 | East Melbourne | H | +11.9 | 3/ 8 | +5.2 | +19 | +3.7 | +15.6 | ≡ |
| 2 | Sat May 12 | 2. | 6 | 18 | v | MEL | 5. | 4 | 34 | L | 16 | M.C.G. | A | +15.6 | 2/ 8 | -1.5 | +17 | -3.3 | +12.3 | ≡ |
| 3 | Sat Aug 18 | 4. | 9 | 33 | v | FIT | 3. | 9 | 27 | W | 6 | East Melbourne | H | +12.3 | 4/ 8 | +13.5 | -1 | +0.7 | +13.0 | ≡ |
| 4 | Wed May 23 | 13. | 7 | 85 | v | COL | 2. | 4 | 16 | W | 69 | East Melbourne | H | +13.0 | 2/ 8 | +12.6 | +0 | +6.9 | +19.9 | ≡ |
| 5 | Sat May 26 | 3. | 5 | 23 | v | CAR | 2. | 6 | 18 | W | 5 | Princes Park | A | +19.9 | 2/ 8 | -12.7 | +33 | -2.8 | +17.1 | ≡ |
| 6 | Sat Jun 02 | 3. | 11 | 29 | v | STK | 2. | 6 | 18 | W | 11 | Junction Oval | A | +17.1 | 2/ 8 | -45.0 | +62 | -5.1 | +12.0 | ≡ |
| 7 | Sat Jun 09 | 4. | 7 | 31 | v | GEE | 8. | 5 | 53 | L | 22 | Corio Oval | A | +12.0 | 3/ 8 | +16.1 | -4 | -1.8 | +10.2 | ≡ |
| 8 | Sat Jun 23 | 1. | 4 | 10 | v | SYD | 4. | 14 | 38 | L | 28 | Lake Oval | A | +10.2 | 3/ 8 | +6.4 | +16 | -4.4 | +5.8 | ≡ |
| 9 | Sat Jun 30 | 2. | 6 | 18 | v | MEL | 6. | 8 | 44 | L | 26 | East Melbourne | H | +5.8 | 4/ 8 | -0.3 | +6 | -3.2 | +2.6 | ≡ |
| 10 | Sat Jul 07 | 5. | 10 | 40 | v | FIT | 7. | 12 | 54 | L | 14 | Brunswick St | A | +2.6 | 5/ 8 | +24.0 | -21 | +0.7 | +3.4 | ≡ |
| 11 | Sat Jul 14 | 4. | 5 | 29 | v | COL | 6. | 14 | 50 | L | 21 | Victoria Park | A | +3.4 | 5/ 8 | +1.6 | +2 | -2.3 | +1.1 | ≡ |
| 12 | Sat Jul 28 | 12. | 12 | 84 | v | CAR | 5. | 5 | 35 | W | 49 | East Melbourne | H | +1.1 | 6/ 8 | -11.3 | +12 | +3.7 | +4.7 | ≡ |
| 13 | Sat Aug 04 | 17. | 15 | 117 | v | STK | 3. | 7 | 25 | W | 92 | East Melbourne | H | +4.7 | 5/ 8 | -43.0 | +48 | +4.4 | +9.2 | ≡ |
| 14 | Sat Aug 11 | 10. | 7 | 67 | v | GEE | 6. | 11 | 47 | W | 20 | East Melbourne | H | +9.2 | 4/ 8 | +19.5 | -10 | +3.0 | +12.2 | ≡ |
| 16 | Sat Aug 25 | 9. | 5 | 59 | v | SYD | 3. | 1 | 19 | W | 40 | Lake Oval | A | +12.2 | 3/ 8 | +5.9 | +18 | +2.2 | +14.4 | ≡ |
| 17 | Sat Sep 01 | 6. | 3 | 39 | v | FIT | 5. | 6 | 36 | W | 3 | East Melbourne | H | +14.4 | 1/ 8 | +13.9 | +0 | +0.3 | +14.6 | ≡ |
| 18 | Sat Sep 08 | 12. | 23 | 95 | v | CAR | 1. | 4 | 10 | W | 85 | East Melbourne | H | +14.6 | 1/ 8 | -14.7 | +29 | +5.6 | +20.2 | ≡ |
| SF | Sat Sep 15 | 5. | 13 | 43 | v | MEL | 7. | 3 | 45 | L | 2 | Lake Oval | A | +20.2 | 1/ 8 | +7.0 | +13 | -1.5 | +18.7 | ≡ |