8 June - Western Oval
Crowd - 1500
Footscray 0.0, 2.3, 3.4, 5.8
Melbourne 0.2, 0.2, 2.5, 2.5
Melbourne won on protest
Goalkickers: Smith 1, R. Kelly 1
Best were Sheahan, Kelly and Smith.
Melbourne protested Footscray's use of a player called Sadler and the protest was upheld two weeks later, only partially saving them from the humiliation of losing to a team with a much lesser reputation.
Media
Sportsman - 12/06/1889
Australasian - 22/06/1889