Saturday 14 April - Warrawee Park
Melbourne 4.8, 4.9, 6.16, 16.23.119
Oakleigh 1.3, 1.3, 4.4, 4.4.28
Melbourne win by 91 points
Goalkickers: Bob Abernethy 2, Bert Chadwick 1, O'Brien 1, Howse 1, Matthews 1, Unknown 10
The team was rotated at half time, with many new players introduced.
For three quarters the game was well-contested, before the better conditioned league side ran away with the game.
Team
B: South, Wilson, Nelson
HB: Meeking, Thomas, Furlong
C: Peck, Collins, Taylor
HF: J. Abernethy, Mollison, Gardner
F: B. Abernethy, Bowen, Sewell
Foll: Shelton, Chadwick, Haines
Notes:
Howse may have been Jack House.
Media
Sporting Globe - 14/04/1923
Herald - 14/04/1923
Argus - 16/04/1923