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June 1867 match vs South Yarra

Saturday 8 June - Melbourne Ground

Melbourne 0
South Yarra 0

Match drawn

In slippery conditions neither side managed to kick a goal. Heavy rain after an hour of play. Melbourne had two easy chances to kick goals but missed both, and South Yarra had the ball near Melbourne's goal several times but neither team could score. Players ended the game covered in mud.

It marked the third Saturday in a row of play without a goal.

Best were Moody, Harrison and Freeman

Team
Horan, Moody, Wardill, Bennie, Fleming, Bruford, T. Ireland, R. Ireland, Freeman (c), Dana, Finlay, Ferguson, Hepburn, Stevens, Bald, Lock, Oswald, Moody, Harrison, Woolley. Emergencies - Kennedy, Waugh, Copeland, Collville, Hetherington

Media
Argus - 08/06/1867
Argus - 10/06/1867
Telegraph - 15/06/1867
Bell's Life - 15/06/1867
Australasian - 15/06/1867