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