Saturday 20 July - Melbourne Ground
Melbourne 2.?
Williamstown 0.1 (half time 1-1)
Melbourne win by 2 goals
Goalkickers: Waldron 1, Crohan 1
In the wet Melbourne were so dominant that at one stage Williamstown's forwards decided to play a game of leapfrog while the ball was down the other end. The visitors played with 25 men.
Longden was best.
Selected team
C. Baker. F. Baker (c), Bennie, Booth, Boys, E. Cooke, JV Cook, Cooper, Crohan, Donaldson, Houston, Jenkins, Lamrock, Longden, McKie, Nicholas, Sandilands, Simson, Tennent, Waldron. Emergencies - Batterbury, Page and Page.
Media
Herald - 19/07/1878
Age - 20/07/1878
Argus - 22/07/1878
Leader - 22/07/1878
Australasian - 27/07/1878