Saturday 30 April - MCG

Melbourne 2
Public Schools 0

Melbourne win by 2 goals

Goalkickers: Dave Aitken 2

In their traditional season opener, Melbourne played against 25 drawn from the public schools of Melbourne and Geelong but were untroubled. The ground was in a poor state due to rain, and it hurt the quality of the game.

Best were Don, Stiffe and Syme.

Selected team
Aitken, Baker, Birtwhistle, Carr, Dow, Francis, MacDonald, Mackenzie, Pitcher, C. Power, Rosser, Rosser, Rannard, Sloman, Stiffe, Syme, Showers, Thewlis, Ulbrick, Thompson, Lawrence, Evans

Media
Argus - 20/04/1882
Argus - 01/05/1882
Australasian - 06/05/1882