| pos | | pl | w | d | l | pts | f | a | % |
| 1 | GEE | 14 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 44 | 704 | 383 | 183.8 |
| 2 | ESS | 14 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 44 | 706 | 445 | 158.7 |
| 3 | MEL | 14 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 40 | 685 | 473 | 144.8 |
| 4 | COL | 14 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 36 | 509 | 445 | 114.4 |
| 5 | SME | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 34 | 595 | 430 | 138.4 |
| 6 | FIT | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 18 | 509 | 485 | 104.9 |
| 7 | CAR | 14 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 376 | 737 | 51.0 |
| 8 | STK | 14 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 280 | 966 | 29.0 |
| rd | date | team score | | opponent | result | venue | h/a | net | rank | opp | line | swing | new net |
| 1 | Sat May 08 | 6. | 13 | 49 | v | CAR | 2. | 4 | 16 | W | 33 | Brunswick St | H | +6.7 | 5/ 8 | -16.0 | +23 | +1.0 | +7.7 | ≡ |
| 2 | Sat May 15 | 10. | 6 | 66 | v | STK | 3. | 8 | 26 | W | 40 | Junction Oval | A | +7.7 | 5/ 8 | -7.5 | +15 | +2.5 | +10.2 | ≡ |
| 3 | Sat May 22 | 5. | 9 | 39 | v | MEL | 7. | 8 | 50 | L | 11 | Brunswick St | H | +10.2 | 4/ 8 | +20.0 | -10 | -0.1 | +10.1 | ≡ |
| 4 | Sat May 29 | 2. | 8 | 20 | v | ESS | 6. | 6 | 42 | L | 22 | Brunswick St | H | +10.1 | 5/ 8 | +17.2 | -7 | -1.5 | +8.6 | ≡ |
| 5 | Sat Jun 05 | 2. | 9 | 21 | v | COL | 5. | 7 | 37 | L | 16 | Victoria Park | A | +8.6 | 5/ 8 | +10.7 | -2 | -1.4 | +7.2 | ≡ |
| 6 | Sat Jun 19 | 2. | 3 | 15 | v | GEE | 3. | 13 | 31 | L | 16 | Corio Oval | A | +7.2 | 5/ 8 | +5.3 | +2 | -1.8 | +5.4 | ≡ |
| 7 | Tue Jun 22 | 5. | 13 | 43 | v | SYD | 5. | 13 | 43 | D | 0 | Brunswick St | H | +5.4 | 6/ 8 | +12.3 | +5 | -0.5 | +4.9 | ≡ |
| 8 | Sat Jun 26 | 5. | 17 | 47 | v | CAR | 1. | 3 | 9 | W | 38 | Princes Park | A | +4.9 | 6/ 8 | -17.0 | +22 | +1.6 | +6.5 | ≡ |
| 9 | Sat Jul 03 | 9. | 21 | 75 | v | STK | 2. | 6 | 18 | W | 57 | Brunswick St | H | +6.5 | 6/ 8 | -21.7 | +28 | +2.9 | +9.4 | ≡ |
| 10 | Sat Jul 10 | 3. | 8 | 26 | v | MEL | 8. | 5 | 53 | L | 27 | M.C.G. | A | +9.4 | 5/ 8 | +12.1 | -3 | -2.4 | +7.0 | ≡ |
| 11 | Sat Jul 17 | 4. | 6 | 30 | v | ESS | 9. | 8 | 62 | L | 32 | East Melbourne | A | +7.0 | 5/ 8 | +17.2 | -10 | -2.2 | +4.8 | ≡ |
| 12 | Sat Jul 24 | 4. | 4 | 28 | v | COL | 3. | 17 | 35 | L | 7 | Brunswick St | H | +4.8 | 5/ 8 | +4.4 | +0 | -0.7 | +4.0 | ≡ |
| 13 | Sat Jul 31 | 2. | 9 | 21 | v | GEE | 5. | 3 | 33 | L | 12 | Brunswick St | H | +4.0 | 6/ 8 | +21.5 | -17 | +0.5 | +4.6 | ≡ |
| 14 | Sat Aug 07 | 4. | 5 | 29 | v | SYD | 3. | 12 | 30 | L | 1 | Lake Oval | A | +4.6 | 6/ 8 | +25.9 | -9 | +0.8 | +5.4 | ≡ |