1922 NSWRFL season

1922 New South Wales Rugby Football League
1922 New South Wales Rugby Football League
Teams	9
Premiers	North Sydney (2nd title)
Minor premiers	North Sydney (2nd title)
Matches played	72
Points scored	1841
Top points scorer(s)	Harold Horder (151)
Top try-scorer(s)	Cecil Blinkhorn (20)
	← 1921 1923 →

The 1922 New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership was the fifteenth season of Sydney’s top-grade rugby league 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 the clubs had played each other twice, 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 had another disappointing season, winning only two games against University and conceding 316 points averaging 19.75 per game.

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 15th season Ground: Birchgrove Oval Captain-Coach: Charles Fraser	Eastern Suburbs 15th season Ground: Sydney Sports Ground Coach:Ray Norman Captain: Harry Caples	Glebe 15th season Ground: Wentworth Oval Captain(s): Frank Burge, Bill Benson
Newtown 15th season Ground: Sydney Sports Ground Coach: Bill Farnsworth Captain: Felix Ryan	North Sydney 15th season Ground: North Sydney Oval Coach: Chris McKivat Captain: Duncan Thompson	St. George 2nd season Ground: Hurstville Oval Captain: Albert Johnston Coach: Herb Gilbert
South Sydney 15th season Ground: Sydney Cricket Ground Coach: Howard Hallett Captain: Alf Blair	University 3rd season Coach: Sandy Pearce^[2] Captain: Jim Craig, Paddy Conaghan	Western Suburbs 15th season Ground: Pratten Park Captain-Coach: Ted Brooks Co Captain: Dick Vest

Ladder

	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	Sydney University	15	5	0	10	2	148	287	-139	14
9	St George	16	2	0	14	2	140	316	-176	8

Final

Glebe	Position	North Sydney
Ron Stapleton	FB	Norm Proctor
Charlie Ogle	WG	Harold Horder
Ed Summers	CE	Frank Rule
Tommy James	CE	Herman Peters
Jack Toohey	WG	Cec Blinkhorn
William Stirton	FE	Dallas Hodgins
Bill Benson	HB	Duncan Thompson (c)
Frank Burge (c)	PR	Reg Farnell
Bert Gray	HK	Clarrie Ives
Laidley Burge	PR	Jim Pye
Tony 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 at the end of regular season would have suggested. 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.

This was North Sydney’s second premiership, their last before becoming the Bears in 1959, and last before being excluded from the competition after the 1999 NRL season. There have been ongoing efforts to resurrect the Bears

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

defeated

Glebe 3 (Try: E Summers)

References

^ Premiership Roll of Honour Archived 2011-05-14 at the Wayback Machine at rl1908.com
^ Sunday Times (Sydney)2 April 1922, page 3,'Sid Pearce to coach University'

External links

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

[1] Premiership Roll of Honour Archived 2011-05-14 at the Wayback Machine at rl1908.com

[2] Sunday Times (Sydney)2 April 1922, page 3,'Sid Pearce to coach University'

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