1922 NSWRFL season

1922 NSWRFL season
Teams	9
Premiers	North Sydney (2nd title)
Minor premiers	North Sydney (2nd title)
Matches played	72
Points scored	1841 (total) 25.569 (per match)
Top point scorer(s)	Harold Horder (151)
Top try scorer(s)	Cecil Blinkhorn (20)

The 1922 New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership was the fifteenth season of Sydney's top-grade rugby league football club competition, Australia's first. Nine teams from across the city contested the season which culminated in North Sydney's victory over Glebe in the premiership final.^[1]

Season summary

After 18 Rounds of competition Norths and Glebe were tied atop the Points Table. Instead of the points differential rule being implemented a Grand Final was held to determine the premier.

St George and University had very disappointing seasons winning only 2 games. St George conceded 316 points while University conceded 287, averaging 19.75 and 19.13 per game respectively.

Teams

• Balmain, formed on January 23, 1908 at Balmain Town Hall
• Eastern Suburbs, formed on January 24, 1908 at Paddington Town Hall
• Glebe, formed on January 9, 1908
• Newtown, formed on January 14, 1908
• North Sydney, formed on February 7, 1908
• South Sydney, formed on January 17, 1908 at Redfern Town Hall
• St George, formed on November 8, 1920 at Kogarah School of Arts
• Western Suburbs, formed on February 4, 1908
• University, formed in 1919 at Sydney University

Balmain	Eastern Suburbs	Glebe
Newtown	North Sydney	St. George
South Sydney	University	Western Suburbs

Ladder

The geographical locations of the teams that contested the 1922 premiership across Sydney.

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	B	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	North Sydney	16	12	0	4	2	306	136	+170	28
2	Glebe	16	12	0	4	2	284	154	+130	28
3	Eastern Suburbs	16	9	2	5	2	217	177	+40	24
4	South Sydney	15	9	1	5	2	207	187	+20	23
5	Balmain	16	8	2	6	2	168	145	+23	22
6	Western Suburbs	16	6	0	10	2	164	201	-37	16
7	Newtown	16	5	1	10	2	169	200	-31	15
8	University	15	5	0	10	2	148	287	-139	14
9	St George	16	2	0	14	2	140	316	-176	8

Final

Glebe Dirty Reds	Position	North Sydney Bears
Ron Stapleton	FB	Norm Procter
Charlie Ogle	WG	Harold Horder
Ed Summers	CE	Frank Rule
Tommy James	CE	Herman Peters
Jack Toohey	WG	Cec Blinkhorn
W Stirton	FE	Dallas Hodgkins
Bill Benson	HB	Duncan Thompson (c)
Frank Burge (c)	PR	Reg Farnell
Bert Gray| HK	Clarrie Ives
Laidley Burge	PR	James Pye
Jack Redmond	SR	Jack Baker
Walter Haddock	SR	George Green
Tom McGrath	LK	Wally Hancock
	Coach	Chris McKivat

As North Sydney and Glebe were tied on competition points a final was played at the Sydney Cricket Ground on 6 September, before a crowd of around 15,000. The match was officiated by Tom McMahon, the elder of the two pre-war referees of that name.

The game was not as even as the ladder would have suggested at the end of regular season. Norths completely got away to a 10-0 lead at half-time and went on to demolish Glebe 35-3, taking their second consecutive premiership crown. The legendary Harold Horder scored twenty individual points in the match.

North Sydney 35 (Tries: Rule 2, Blinkhorn 2, Horder 2, Peters. Goals: Horder 7 )

defeated

Glebe 3 (Try: E Summers)

References

1. ^ Premiership Roll of Honour at rl1908.com

• Rugby League Tables - Notes The World of Rugby League
• Rugby League Tables - Season 1922 The World of Rugby League
• Premiership History and Statistics RL1908
• Results: 1921-30 at rabbitohs.com.au