Saturday 17 August - Melbourne Ground

Melbourne 0
East Melbourne 0

Match drawn

East Melbourne played with a 20-16 advantage, and had a number of chances that Melbourne had to turn back on the last line of defence. The home side also had a number of opportunities to kick goals but couldn't take them.

Play got rough towards the end, and at one stage Melbourne were down two players due to injury.

Media
Australasian - 24/08/1872