New South Wales Rugby Football League season 1922

Infobox rugby league season
year = 1922
competition = New South Wales Rugby Football League


imagesize = 125px
caption =
teams = 9
premiers =
count = 2nd
minor premiers =
mpcount = 2nd
matches = 72
points = 1841
attendance =
top points scorer = (151)
top try scorer = (20)
1922's New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership was the fifteenth season of Sydney's top-grade rugby league competition based. Nine teams from across the city contested the season. No further clubs were admitted to the competition.

eason 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

As North Sydney and Glebe were tied on competition points a final was played at the Sydney Cricket Ground on September 6, 1922 before a crowd of 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 to take their second consecutive premiership crown. The legendary Harold Horder scored 20 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

* [http://www.stats.rleague.com/rl/snotes.html Rugby League Tables - Notes] "The World of Rugby League"
* [http://www.stats.rleague.com/rl/seas/1922.html Rugby League Tables - Season 1922] "The World of Rugby League"
* [http://www.rl1908.com/premiership.htm Premiership History and Statistics] "RL1908"
* [http://www.rabbitohs.com.au/The-Club/Tradition/Results---1921-1930.html Results: 1921-30 at rabbitohs.com.au]