1922 WAFL Season

These are the results for the 1922 season of the West Australian Football League.

It featured fifteen rounds in a triple round-robin format. East Perth were the minor premiers.

The season ended with a finals series following the Second Amended Neutral Argus system. East Perth were the premiers, with Vern Harrold as the premiership captain and Phil Matson as the premiership coach.

Season Details

Name: 1922 WAFL Season
Teams: 6
Rounds: 15
Finals System: Second Amended Neutral Argus System
Matches: 48

Team Details

Team Home Ground Coach (Appointed) Coach (Caretaker)
East Fremantle Fremantle Oval
East Perth Perth Oval Phil Matson
Perth WACA
South Fremantle Fremantle Oval
Subiaco Subiaco Oval
West Perth Leederville Oval

Season Results

Premiers: East Perth
Runners-Up: West Perth
Minor Premiers: East Perth

Team Results

Minor Premiership Results

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA GF BF GA BA
East Perth 1st 11 -0- 3 44 133.0% 878 660 118 170 90 120
West Perth 2nd 11 -0- 4 44 111.6% 799 716 111 133 94 152
East Fremantle 3rd 9 -0- 6 36 114.8% 909 792 127 147 109 138
South Fremantle 4th 6 -0- 9 24 109.8% 963 877 132 171 120 157
Subiaco 5th 4 -0- 11 16 71.8% 738 1,028 98 150 140 188
Perth 6th 3 -0- 11 12 76.2% 685 899 89 151 122 167

Overall Premiership Results

Team Position (Outcome)
East Perth 1st Premiers
West Perth 2nd Runners-Up
South Fremantle 3rd Defeated by West Perth (Preliminary Final)
East Fremantle 4th Defeated by West Perth (Semi Final)
Subiaco 5th Did not qualify for finals
Perth 6th Did not qualify for finals

Season Fixture

Round 1

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 06/05/1922 3:00 PM East Fremantle v South Fremantle Fremantle Oval 69 - 65
SAT 06/05/1922 3:00 PM Perth v Subiaco WACA 70 - 50
SAT 06/05/1922 3:00 PM West Perth v East Perth Leederville Oval 49 - 72

Round 1 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
East Perth 1st 1 -0- 0 4 146.9% 72 49
Perth 2nd 1 -0- 0 4 140.0% 70 50
East Fremantle 3rd 1 -0- 0 4 106.2% 69 65
South Fremantle 4th 0 -0- 1 0 94.2% 65 69
Subiaco 5th 0 -0- 1 0 71.4% 50 70
West Perth 6th 0 -0- 1 0 68.1% 49 72

Round 2

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 13/05/1922 3:00 PM East Fremantle v West Perth Fremantle Oval 46 - 29
SAT 13/05/1922 3:00 PM Perth v South Fremantle WACA 40 - 46
SAT 13/05/1922 3:00 PM Subiaco v East Perth Subiaco Oval 39 - 38

Round 2 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
East Fremantle 1st 2 -0- 0 8 122.3% 115 94
East Perth 2nd 1 -0- 1 4 125.0% 110 88
Perth 3rd 1 -0- 1 4 114.6% 110 96
South Fremantle 4th 1 -0- 1 4 101.8% 111 109
Subiaco 5th 1 -0- 1 4 82.4% 89 108
West Perth 6th 0 -0- 2 0 66.1% 78 118

Round 3

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 20/05/1922 3:00 PM East Fremantle v Perth Fremantle Oval 50 - 51
SAT 20/05/1922 3:00 PM East Perth v South Fremantle Perth Oval 63 - 40
SAT 20/05/1922 3:00 PM West Perth v Subiaco Leederville Oval 43 - 20

Round 3 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
East Perth 1st 2 -0- 1 8 135.2% 173 128
East Fremantle 2nd 2 -0- 1 8 113.8% 165 145
Perth 3rd 2 -0- 1 8 110.3% 161 146
South Fremantle 4th 1 -0- 2 4 87.8% 151 172
West Perth 5th 1 -0- 2 4 87.7% 121 138
Subiaco 6th 1 -0- 2 4 72.2% 109 151

Round 4

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 27/05/1922 3:00 PM East Perth v East Fremantle Perth Oval 76 - 38
SAT 27/05/1922 3:00 PM South Fremantle v Subiaco Fremantle Oval 95 - 47
SAT 27/05/1922 3:00 PM West Perth v Perth Leederville Oval 74 - 59

Round 4 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
East Perth 1st 3 -0- 1 12 150.0% 249 166
South Fremantle 2nd 2 -0- 2 8 112.3% 246 219
Perth 3rd 2 -0- 2 8 100.0% 220 220
West Perth 4th 2 -0- 2 8 99.0% 195 197
East Fremantle 5th 2 -0- 2 8 91.9% 203 221
Subiaco 6th 1 -0- 3 4 63.4% 156 246

Round 5

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 03/06/1922 3:00 PM South Fremantle v West Perth Fremantle Oval 56 - 77
SAT 03/06/1922 3:00 PM Subiaco v East Fremantle Subiaco Oval 95 - 93
MON 05/06/1922 3:00 PM Perth v East Perth WACA 41 - 71

Round 5 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
East Perth 1st 4 -0- 1 16 154.6% 320 207
West Perth 2nd 3 -0- 2 12 107.5% 272 253
South Fremantle 3rd 2 -0- 3 8 102.0% 302 296
East Fremantle 4th 2 -0- 3 8 93.7% 296 316
Perth 5th 2 -0- 3 8 89.7% 261 291
Subiaco 6th 2 -0- 3 8 74.0% 251 339

Round 6

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 10/06/1922 3:00 PM East Fremantle v South Fremantle Fremantle Oval 65 - 67
SAT 10/06/1922 3:00 PM East Perth v West Perth Perth Oval 48 - 69
SAT 10/06/1922 3:00 PM Subiaco v Perth Subiaco Oval 60 - 65

Round 6 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
East Perth 1st 4 -0- 2 16 133.3% 368 276
West Perth 2nd 4 -0- 2 16 113.3% 341 301
South Fremantle 3rd 3 -0- 3 12 102.2% 369 361
Perth 4th 3 -0- 3 12 92.9% 326 351
East Fremantle 5th 2 -0- 4 8 94.3% 361 383
Subiaco 6th 2 -0- 4 8 77.0% 311 404

Round 7

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 17/06/1922 3:00 PM East Perth v Subiaco Perth Oval 84 - 42
SAT 17/06/1922 3:00 PM South Fremantle v Perth Fremantle Oval 72 - 59
SAT 17/06/1922 3:00 PM West Perth v East Fremantle Leederville Oval 74 - 65

Round 7 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
East Perth 1st 5 -0- 2 20 142.1% 452 318
West Perth 2nd 5 -0- 2 20 113.4% 415 366
South Fremantle 3rd 4 -0- 3 16 105.0% 441 420
Perth 4th 3 -0- 4 12 91.0% 385 423
East Fremantle 5th 2 -0- 5 8 93.2% 426 457
Subiaco 6th 2 -0- 5 8 72.3% 353 488

Round 8

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 24/06/1922 3:00 PM Perth v East Fremantle WACA 54 - 69
SAT 24/06/1922 3:00 PM South Fremantle v East Perth Fremantle Oval 83 - 84
SAT 24/06/1922 3:00 PM Subiaco v West Perth Subiaco Oval 39 - 59

Round 8 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
East Perth 1st 6 -0- 2 24 133.7% 536 401
West Perth 2nd 6 -0- 2 24 117.0% 474 405
South Fremantle 3rd 4 -0- 4 16 104.0% 524 504
East Fremantle 4th 3 -0- 5 12 96.9% 495 511
Perth 5th 3 -0- 5 12 89.2% 439 492
Subiaco 6th 2 -0- 6 8 71.7% 392 547

Round 9

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 01/07/1922 3:00 PM East Fremantle v East Perth Fremantle Oval 62 - 83
SAT 01/07/1922 3:00 PM Perth v West Perth WACA 54 - 75
SAT 01/07/1922 3:00 PM Subiaco v South Fremantle Subiaco Oval 40 - 90

Round 9 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
East Perth 1st 7 -0- 2 28 133.7% 619 463
West Perth 2nd 7 -0- 2 28 119.6% 549 459
South Fremantle 3rd 5 -0- 4 20 112.9% 614 544
East Fremantle 4th 3 -0- 6 12 93.8% 557 594
Perth 5th 3 -0- 6 12 86.9% 493 567
Subiaco 6th 2 -0- 7 8 67.8% 432 637

Round 10

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 08/07/1922 2:00 PM South Fremantle v West Perth Claremont Showground 35 - 50
SAT 08/07/1922 3:00 PM East Fremantle v Subiaco Fremantle Oval 85 - 31
SAT 08/07/1922 3:45 PM Perth v East Perth Claremont Showground 45 - 53

Round 10 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
East Perth 1st 8 -0- 2 32 132.3% 672 508
West Perth 2nd 8 -0- 2 32 121.3% 599 494
South Fremantle 3rd 5 -0- 5 20 109.3% 649 594
East Fremantle 4th 4 -0- 6 16 102.7% 642 625
Perth 5th 3 -0- 7 12 86.8% 538 620
Subiaco 6th 2 -0- 8 8 64.1% 463 722

Round 11

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 15/07/1922 3:00 PM East Perth v West Perth Perth Oval 56 - 23
SAT 15/07/1922 3:00 PM South Fremantle v East Fremantle Fremantle Oval 47 - 55
SAT 15/07/1922 3:00 PM Subiaco v Perth Subiaco Oval 83 - 44

Round 11 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
East Perth 1st 9 -0- 2 36 137.1% 728 531
West Perth 2nd 8 -0- 3 32 113.1% 622 550
South Fremantle 3rd 5 -0- 6 20 107.2% 696 649
East Fremantle 4th 5 -0- 6 20 103.7% 697 672
Perth 5th 3 -0- 8 12 82.8% 582 703
Subiaco 6th 3 -0- 8 12 71.3% 546 766

Round 12

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 22/07/1922 3:00 PM East Perth v Subiaco Perth Oval 68 - 54
SAT 22/07/1922 3:00 PM South Fremantle v Perth Fremantle Oval 114 - 44
SAT 22/07/1922 3:00 PM West Perth v East Fremantle Subiaco Oval 36 - 41

Round 12 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
East Perth 1st 10 -0- 2 40 136.1% 796 585
West Perth 2nd 8 -0- 4 32 111.3% 658 591
South Fremantle 3rd 6 -0- 6 24 116.9% 810 693
East Fremantle 4th 6 -0- 6 24 104.2% 738 708
Perth 5th 3 -0- 9 12 76.6% 626 817
Subiaco 6th 3 -0- 9 12 71.9% 600 834

Round 13

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 29/07/1922 3:00 PM Perth v East Fremantle WACA 22 - 40
SAT 29/07/1922 3:00 PM South Fremantle v East Perth Fremantle Oval 45 - 53
SAT 29/07/1922 3:00 PM West Perth v Subiaco Leederville Oval 38 - 35

Round 13 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
East Perth 1st 11 -0- 2 44 134.8% 849 630
West Perth 2nd 9 -0- 4 36 111.2% 696 626
East Fremantle 3rd 7 -0- 6 28 106.6% 778 730
South Fremantle 4th 6 -0- 7 24 114.6% 855 746
Perth 5th 3 -0- 10 12 75.6% 648 857
Subiaco 6th 3 -0- 10 12 72.8% 635 872

Round 14

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 05/08/1922 3:00 PM East Fremantle v East Perth Fremantle Oval 30 - 29
SAT 05/08/1922 3:00 PM Perth v West Perth WACA 37 - 42
SAT 05/08/1922 3:00 PM Subiaco v South Fremantle Subiaco Oval 70 - 55

Round 14 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
East Perth 1st 11 -0- 3 44 133.0% 878 660
West Perth 2nd 10 -0- 4 40 111.3% 738 663
East Fremantle 3rd 8 -0- 6 32 106.5% 808 759
South Fremantle 4th 6 -0- 8 24 111.5% 910 816
Subiaco 5th 4 -0- 10 16 76.1% 705 927
Perth 6th 3 -0- 11 12 76.2% 685 899

Round 15

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 26/08/1922 2:20 PM East Fremantle v Subiaco Fremantle Oval 101 - 33
SAT 26/08/1922 2:20 PM West Perth v South Fremantle Leederville Oval 61 - 53
CANCELLED Perth v East Perth

Round 15 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
East Perth 1st 11 -0- 3 44 133.0% 878 660
West Perth 2nd 11 -0- 4 44 111.6% 799 716
East Fremantle 3rd 9 -0- 6 36 114.8% 909 792
South Fremantle 4th 6 -0- 9 24 109.8% 963 877
Subiaco 5th 4 -0- 11 16 71.8% 738 1,028
Perth 6th 3 -0- 11 12 76.2% 685 899

Final Round 1

Semi Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 02/09/1922 2:20 PM West Perth v East Fremantle Subiaco Oval 82 - 32
SAT 09/09/1922 2:20 PM East Perth v South Fremantle Subiaco Oval 62 - 65

Final Round 2

Preliminary Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 16/09/1922 2:20 PM West Perth v South Fremantle Subiaco Oval 86 - 58

Final Round 3

Grand Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 23/09/1922 3:00 PM West Perth v East Perth Subiaco Oval 39 - 55 12,721