Saturday 9 March - Norwood Oval

Norwood 19.13.127
Melbourne 15.10.100

Norwood win by 27 points

Goalkickers: Molloy 2, Wood 2, Owen 2, Flower 2, Clennet 2, Giampaolo 1, Brewer 1, Murray 1, Ritter 1, Alves 1

Bob Skilton suffered his first defeat as Melbourne coach. His side were as much as eight goals down before coming back to make the margin more respectable.

Best was Biffen.

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