The 1922 WAFL season was the 38th season of the
West Australian Football League
The West Australian Football League (WAFL) is an Australian rules football league based in Perth, Western Australia. The league currently consists of ten teams, which play each other in a 20-round season usually lasting from March to September, ...
. 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)
["Spectator" (anonymous author); 'Football: East Perth Defeats Norwood – Not Straight-Shot Specialists'; '' the Advertiser'', 28 August 1922, p. 8] and runners-up
West Adelaide["Spectator" (anonymous author); 'Football: East Perth Supreme: Another Good Win'; ''The Advertiser'', 31 August 1922, p. 13] by 11.12 (78) to 7.12 (54), after having lost by a point
to St. Kilda two weeks beforehand. A consequence of their trip – hastily planned when Subiaco's tour there was cancelled during July – 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
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during late June and early July over charges for use of
the WACA
The WACA (formally the WACA Ground) is a sports stadium in Perth, Western Australia. The stadium's name derives from the initials of its owners and operators, the Western Australian Cricket Association.
The WACA has been referred to as Western ...
and
Leederville Oval, which led to proposals to play the season's WAFL finals at
Claremont Showground
The Claremont Showground near Perth, Western Australia is home to the annual Perth Royal Show. In 1902, of land were reserved in the Perth suburb of Claremont for a new showground to replace the Guildford Showgrounds. The Royal Agricultural S ...
,
['Football: The Grounds Controversy – Ultimatum to the League: "Gross Breach of Faith"'; '' The Daily News'', 19 June 1922, p. 8]['Football: The Grounds Controversy'; '']The West Australian
''The West Australian'' is the only locally edited daily newspaper published in Perth, Western Australia. It is owned by Seven West Media (SWM), as is the state's other major newspaper, ''The Sunday Times''. It is the second-oldest continuousl ...
'', 4 July 1922, p. 9 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.
['The Grounds Trouble – Satisfactory Settlement'; ''W.A. Footballer'', 15 July 1922, p. 15]
Home-and-away season
Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Round 4
Round 5 (Foundation Day)
Round 6
Round 7
Round 8
Round 9
Round 10
Round 11
Round 12
Round 13
Round 14
Fitzroy Tour
Round 15
Ladder
Finals
First semi-final
Second semi-final
Final
Grand Final
Notes
One goal by West Perth kicked off the ground from a pack did not have the scorer identified.
References
External links
Official WAFL websiteWest Australian Football League (WANFL), 1922
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