1922 WAFL season
| 1922 WAFL season | |
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| Teams | 6 |
| Premiers |
East Perth (4th premiership) |
| Minor premiers |
East Perth (4th minor premiership) |
| Matches played | 48 |
| Bernie Naylor Medallist | "Bonny" Campbell (South Fremantle) |
| Sandover Medallist | Harold Boyd (West Perth) |
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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) and runners-up West Adelaide 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 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 Showgrounds, 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.
A thrilling game with a hectic finish despite deplorable weather sees Subiaco pip the three-time premiers with four last-quarter goals.
Subiaco kick what remains their lowest score on the oval which would become their home ground eighty-two seasons later.
A record gate sees East Perth repeat its past three Grand Final victories in convincing style, with Thomas showing the form that would win him the 1923 Sandover.
West Perth win a fifth game on end via fine snap from "Tony" Tyson after a superb display by both teams.
East Perth produce a remarkable comeback to win after being thirty-seven points behind at three-quarter time, a record not equalled or beaten until the 1957 Preliminary Final.
A dispute with the City of Perth over the use of the WACA and Leederville causes two matches to be transferred to Claremont Showgrounds, where Claremont-Cottesloe would play its inaugural season of 1926.
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