Saturday 20 May - MCG
Crowd - 6000
Melbourne 4.0, 6.5, 6.5, 10.5
St Kilda 2.2, 4.2, 5.4, 6.4
Melbourne win by 4 goals
Goals: Smith 4, Roche 3, R. Kelly 1, O'Leary 1, Christy 1
St Kilda started quickly and booted the first two goals of the game, but this woke Melbourne up and they responded with four in a row to end the quarter.
Both teams scored two goals in the second quarter, and St Kilda cut the gap by one in the third term before Melbourne booted away in the last.
Best were Christy, Smith and G. Sheehan. Sheehan and Wiseman were hurt.
Selected team
Christy, Fox, Fry, Healing, Howes, Kelly, Kelly, Lewis, Moore, Massey, M.Raile, McNamara, McKenzie, McKenzie, O'Dea, O'Leary, Roche, Sheahan, Sheahan, Smith, Stranger, Gaunt, Toms, Wiseman, Wilson, Powell.
Notes
Some sources have Melbourne on 4.1 at quarter time
Media
Argus - 20/05/1893, 22/05/1893
Sportsman - 23/05/1893
Punch - 25/05/1893