| 1922 New South Wales Rugby Football League | |
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| 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) |
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]
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.
Balmain Ground: Birchgrove Oval Captain-Coach: Charles Fraser |
Eastern Suburbs Ground: Sydney Sports Ground Coach:Ray Norman Captain: Harry Caples |
Glebe Ground: Wentworth Oval Captain(s): Frank Burge, Bill Benson |
Newtown Ground: Sydney Sports Ground Coach: Bill Farnsworth Captain: Felix Ryan |
North Sydney Ground: North Sydney Oval Coach: Chris McKivat Captain: Duncan Thompson |
St. George Ground: Hurstville Oval Captain: Albert Johnston Coach: Herb Gilbert |
South Sydney Ground: Sydney Cricket Ground Coach: Howard Hallett Captain: Alf Blair |
University Coach: Sandy Pearce[2] Captain: Jim Craig, Paddy Conaghan |
Western Suburbs Ground: Pratten Park Captain-Coach: Ted Brooks Co Captain: Dick Vest |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | B | PF | PA | PD | Pts | |
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| 1 | North Sydney
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16 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 306 | 136 | +170 | 28 |
| 2 |  Glebe
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16 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 284 | 154 | +130 | 28 |
| 3 |  Eastern Suburbs
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16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 217 | 177 | +40 | 24 |
| 4 |  South Sydney
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15 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 207 | 187 | +20 | 23 |
| 5 |  Balmain
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16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 168 | 145 | +23 | 22 |
| 6 |  Western Suburbs
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16 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 164 | 201 | -37 | 16 |
| 7 |  Newtown
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16 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 169 | 200 | -31 | 15 |
| 8 |  Sydney University
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15 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 148 | 287 | -139 | 14 |
| 9 |  St George
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16 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 140 | 316 | -176 | 8 |
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)
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North Sydney squad - 1922 NSWRFL Premiers (2nd title)
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