1922 NSWRFL season

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)
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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

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.

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

defeated

Glebe 3 (Try: E Summers)

• 
  Duncan Thompson
• 
  Harold Horder
• 
  Cec Blinkhorn
• 
  Frank Burge

References

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