North Melbourne vs Melbourne
Saturday 7 June
Venue: North Melbourne Recreation Reserve
Attendance: Unknown
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Final | |
| North Melbourne | 0.1 | 3.4 | 5.5 | 6.5 |
| Melbourne | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.8 | 2.10 |
North Melbourne win by 4 goals
Goalkickers: R. Kelly 1, Griffiths 1
The visitors immediately took the ball to North's goal, and kept it there for the first half hour, but were wayward with their kicking for goal. The locals did better with their domination in the second quarter and built a match-winning lead.
Best were Hallows, Lynar and Fox.
Selected team
Aitken, Connolly, Fry, Fox, Griffiths, Hallows, Healing, Hallet, Kelly, Lynar, McKean, McLean, McLeod, Neill, Orwin, O'Rourke, Ramsay, Ross, South, Slattery, Sheahan, Wilson
Notes
North Melbourne Advertiser gives Melbourne's final score as 2.8.
Media
Herald - 06/06/1890
Sportsman - 11/06/1890
North Melbourne Advertiser - 13/06/1890