Saturday 20 July - Melbourne Ground
Collingwood 1
Melbourne 0
Collingwood win by 1 goal
Bolstered by players from East Melbourne and Carlton, Collingwood delivered the upset of the season against 16 of Melbourne.
Best were Bell, Freeman and Loughnan.
Selected team
Barker, Bell, Bennie, C. Carr, Cooper, Duff, C. Forrester, Freeman, Goldsmith, Hepburn, Loughnan, Loughnan, Riggall, Ryan, Towle, W. Williams
Notes
Some sources say the match was played 14 vs 11 in Collingwood's favour.
Media
Herald - 19/07/1872
Australasian - 20/07/1872