Friday 24 May - Richmond Cricket Ground
Crowd: 2000

Richmond 1.0, 2.4, 2.4, 2.7
Melbourne 0.1, 0.3, 2.3, 2.4

Match drawn

Goalkickers: Thomson 2

The game was played at 11am o nQueen's Birthday to avoid clashing with the more important games being played in the precinct.

Notes
Some sources have the scores as Richmond 1.0, 2.3, 2.3, 2.4 vs Melbourne 0.1, 0.2, 2.3, 2.7

Media
Leader - 01/06/1889