Coach: Graham Donaldson
Captain: Ron Auchettl
Vice-Captain: Ron Stone
Best & Fairest: Barry Armstrong
Leading Goalkicker: Greg Boxall 52 (4th in the competition), Doug Baird 33 goals (7th in the competition), Noel Mewett 23 goals (22nd in the competition)
Position: 2nd
Premier: Melbourne
Round 3: 19th April 1969
Carlton 8.15.63
Footscray 6.13.49
Result: Won by 14 points.
Goalkickers; Barry Armstrong 2, Doug Baird 2, Greg Boxall 2, Mark Amos 1, Ted Hopkins 1.
Best; Ron Auchettl, Peter Smith, Noel Mewett, Paul Ali, Bruce Doull, Andy Lukimitis.
Round 7: 17th May 1969
Carlton 11.19.85
Melbourne 11.19.85
Result: Drawn match.
Goalkickers; Doug Baird 4, Ron Auchettl 2, Greg Boxall 2, Noel Mewett 1, Dennis Munari 1, Ron Stone 1
Best; Brent Crosswell, Ron Auchettl, Dennis Munari, Noel Mewett, Ron Stone, Doug Baird.
Round 8: 24th May 1969
Carlton 13.14.92
Richmond 12.16.88
Result: won by 4 points.
Goalkickers; Doug Baird 3, Brent Crosswell 3, Neil Chandler 2, Rennie Duckett, Peter Kerr, Bert Thornley, David McKay, Mark Amos
Best; Peter Smith, Barry Armstrong, Dennis Munari, Brent Crosswell, Bert Thornley, Peter Kerr
Round 14: 12th July 1969
Carlton 21.18.144
Footscray 7.08.50
Result: Won by 94 points.
Goalkickers; Greg Boxall 5, Peter Smith 3, Ron Stone 3, Barry Armstrong 2, Bruce Doull 2, David McKay 2, Ron Auchettl 1, John Clements 1, Bert Thornley 1, John Warden 1.
Best; Bert Thornley, Ron Stone, John Warden, Peter Smith, David McKay, John O'Connell.
Round 20: 30th August 1969
Essendon 11.20.86
Carlton 13.09.87
Result: Won by 1 point.
Goalkickers; Greg Boxall 4, Noel Mewett 3, Bert Thornley 2, Ricky McLean 2, Dennis Munari 1, Doug Baird 1.
Best; Ricky McLean, Bert Thornley, Greg Boxall, Noel Mewett, Ian Collins, Neil Chandler, Mark Amos.
1969 Reserves - End of Home & Away Season Ladder
| Pos | Team | Wins | Draws | Losses | Points | For | Against | % |
| 1 | Melbourne | 15 | 1 | 4 | 62 | 2180 | 1761 | 123.8 |
| 2 | Richmond | 14 | 1 | 5 | 58 | 2029 | 1583 | 128.0 |
| 3 | Carlton | 14 | 1 | 5 | 58 | 1859 | 1691 | 109.9 |
| 4 | Fitzroy | 12 | 0 | 8 | 48 | 1991 | 1669 | 119.3 |
| 5 | Essendon | 10 | 3 | 7 | 46 | 2005 | 1754 | 114.3 |
| 6 | Collingwood | 10 | 0 | 10 | 40 | 1900 | 1609 | 118.1 |
| 7 | St Kilda | 10 | 0 | 10 | 40 | 1688 | 1755 | 96.2 |
| 8 | Hawthorn | 9 | 1 | 10 | 38 | 1787 | 1863 | 95.9 |
| 9 | Footscray | 7 | 0 | 13 | 28 | 1545 | 1849 | 83.7 |
| 10 | Geelong | 6 | 1 | 13 | 26 | 1762 | 1905 | 92.5 |
| 11 | Sth Melbourne | 6 | 0 | 14 | 24 | 1604 | 2241 | 71.6 |
| 12 | Nth Melbourne | 3 | 0 | 17 | 12 | 1631 | 2301 | 70.9 |
1969 Reserves Finals Series
1st Semi Final 6th September 1969
Carlton 13.22.100
Fitzroy 10.05.65
Result: Won by 35 points.
Goalkickers; Greg Boxall 4, Ron Auchettl 2, Ricky McLean 2, Noel Mewett 2, Barry Armstrong 1, David McKay 1, Dennis Munari 1, Ted Hopkins 1.
Best; Noel Mewett, Neil Chandler, Ron Auchettl, Ted Hopkins, Peter Smith, Greg Boxall.
2nd Semi Final - Melbourne 12.16.88 d Richmond 11.11.77
Preliminary Final 20th September 1969
Carlton 14.13.97
Richmond 13.13.91
Result: Won by 6 points.
Goalkickers; Greg Boxall 6, Bruce Doull 2, Ricky McLean 2, Barry Armstrong 2, Dennis Munari 1, Ron Auchettl 1.
Best; Ted Hopkins, Bruce Doull, Ricky McLean, Greg Boxall, Dennis Munari, Bert Thornley, Ron Auchettl.
Grand Final
Melbourne 12.16.88 d. Carlton 8.12.60
Goals Melbourne - Wells 3, Colcott 2, Aitken 2, Vagg 2, Kenneally 1, Clarke 1, Sampson 1
Best - Emselle, Wells, Jones
For more detail on the game see: http://www.demonwiki.org/1969+Reserves+Grand+Final