Saturday 27 June - Melbourne Ground
Richmond 0
Melbourne 1
Melbourne win by 1 goal
Goalkicker: Billy Kneen 1
An impromptu game was played after North Melbourne refused to play Melbourne as fixtured and instead chose to tackle Carlton. Richmond ditched their scheduled opponents Northern and took on Melbourne instead.
Notes
Some sources have the ground as Richmond.
Media
Australasian - 04/07/1874
Weekly Times - 04/07/1874