Nominations: Wednesday, 28 February 1872, Polling: Tuesday, 5 March 1872
Candidate
Votes
Votes %
Alley, George Underwood
485
32.08
Condon, Archibald H
10
0.66
Greville, Edward (Re-elected)
1,017
67.26
Formal Votes
1,512
Informal Votes
63
4.00
Total Votes / Turnout
1,575
54.40
Persons Voting / Turnout
1,662
57.41
Notes: Shoalhaven News referred to the third candidate as M W Condon of Nelligen.
Source: Report of nominations, SMH 2 March 1872, p.8 col.1-2. Results taken from Goulburn Herald, 9 March 1872, p.2. Shoalhaven News 9 March, p.2 col.4, including booths, reported Greville 1019, Alley 483 and Condon 10. SMH 6 March, p.7 col.1 reported Greville 1083 and Alley 474, but had no votes for Condon or informal votes. SMH election summary 25 March, p.5 col.2 recorded Greville with 1227 votes. Australian Town and Country Journal 16 March p.327 reported Greville winning by 534 votes, which matches the Goulburn Herald totals.