1922 WAFL season explained

Competition:wafl
Year:1922
Teams:6
Count:4
Mpcount:4
Matches:48
Top Goal Scorer:"Bonny" Campbell
Sandover Medal:Harold Boyd
Prevseason:1921
Nextseason:1923

The 1922 WAFL season was the 38th season of the West Australian Football League. It saw East Perth equal East Fremantle's feat of winning four consecutive premierships, this time against a rejuvenated West Perth team which had a lean period since 1912. Their most notable feat during the season was a record comeback against South Fremantle, but on an August tour of the Eastern States the Royals also defeated SANFL premiers Norwood by the score of 8.20 (68) to 7.10 (52)[1] and runners-up West Adelaide[2] by 11.12 (78) to 7.12 (54), after having lost by a point to St. Kilda two weeks beforehand.[3] A consequence of their trip – hastily planned when Subiaco's tour there was cancelled during July[4] – was that their last round match with wooden-spooner Perth was never played – a cancellation to be repeated the following season.

1922 also saw a dispute with the City of Perth during late June and early July over charges for use of the WACA and Leederville Oval, which led to proposals to play the season's WAFL finals at Claremont Showground,[5] [6] which had not been used for WAFL matches since 1907. Unlike a similar dispute during 1940 that affected the whole season at Leederville and Perth Oval, however, this dispute only affected a single round of matches, and was resolved before Round 11.[7]

Home-and-away season

Round 15

Finals

Grand Final

Notes

One goal by West Perth kicked off the ground from a pack did not have the scorer identified.

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Notes and References

  1. "Spectator" (anonymous author); 'Football: East Perth Defeats Norwood – Not Straight-Shot Specialists'; the Advertiser, 28 August 1922, p. 8
  2. "Spectator" (anonymous author); 'Football: East Perth Supreme: Another Good Win'; The Advertiser, 31 August 1922, p. 13
  3. 'East Perth Beaten: A Narrow Victory – St. Kilda's Generosity'; The West Australian, 17 August 1922, p. 8
  4. 'East Perth's Eastern Trip'; W.A. Footballer: Official Organ of the West Australian Football League, 15 July 1922, p. 15
  5. 'Football: The Grounds Controversy – Ultimatum to the League: "Gross Breach of Faith"'; The Daily News, 19 June 1922, p. 8
  6. 'Football: The Grounds Controversy'; The West Australian, 4 July 1922, p. 9
  7. 'The Grounds Trouble – Satisfactory Settlement'; W.A. Footballer, 15 July 1922, p. 15