1922 NSWRFL season

Rugby league competition March 2024 1922 New South Wales Rugby Football League 125px 9 16x16px North Sydney 2nd 16x16px North Sydney 2nd 72 1841 16x16px Harold Horder (151) 16x16px Cecil Blinkhorn (20) St George 1st 1921 NSWRFL season 1921 1923 NSWRFL season 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.Premiership Roll of Honour https://web.archive.org/web/20110514030740/http://rl1908.com/clubcomps/Honours.htm 2011-05-14 at rl1908.com 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 Balmain100px|center15th seasonGround: Birchgrove OvalCaptain-Coach: Charles FraserEastern Suburbs100px|center15th seasonGround: Sydney Sports GroundCoach:Ray NormanCaptain: Harry CaplesGlebe100px|center15th seasonGround: Wentworth OvalCaptain(s): Frank Burge, Bill BensonNewtown100px|center15th seasonGround: Sydney Sports GroundCoach: Bill FarnsworthCaptain: Felix RyanNorth Sydney100px|center15th seasonGround: North Sydney OvalCoach: Chris McKivatCaptain: Duncan ThompsonSt. George100px|center2nd seasonGround: Hurstville OvalCaptain: Albert JohnstonCoach: Herb GilbertSouth Sydney100px|center15th seasonGround: Sydney Cricket GroundCoach: Howard HallettCaptain: Alf BlairUniversity100px|center3rd seasonCoach: Sandy PearceSunday Times (Sydney)2 April 1922, page 3,'Sid Pearce to coach University'Captain: Jim Craig, Paddy ConaghanWestern Suburbs100px|center15th seasonGround: Pratten ParkCaptain-Coach: Ted BrooksCo Captain: Dick Vest Ladder 220px|thumb|right|The geographical locations of the teams that contested the 1922 premiership across Sydney. TeamPldWDLBPFPAPDPts116x16px North Sydney1612042306136+17028216x16px Glebe1612042284154+13028316x16px Eastern Suburbs169252217177+4024416x16px South Sydney159152207187+2023516x16px Balmain168262168145+2322616x16px Western Suburbs1660102164201-3716716x16px Newtown1651102169200-3115816x16px Sydney University1550102148287-13914916x16px St George1620142140316-1768 Final GlebePositionNorth 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 North Sydney in some capacity. In 2025, North Sydney were finally successful in doing this as they won the bid along with the Western Australian consortiuum for the NRL's 17th team to enter the competition as the Perth Bears. North Sydney 35 (Tries: Rule 2, Blinkhorn 2, Horder 2, Peters. Goals: Horder 7 ) defeated Glebe 3 (Try: E Summers) 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 Category:New South Wales Rugby League premiership Nswrfl season