Representative
Sydney
Newcastle
- Hunter District
Orange District
Rule change: The rule that allowed a goal kick to be attempted after a mark had been taken was abolished, because it slowed the game down and resulted in too many easy goals.
Rule change: Half backs were required to feed the scrum by rolling the ball in underarm from the knee rather than by throwing it in from the shoulder, and to do so without delay.
Not all representative fixtures are listed.
Sydney Metropolitan 77 beat Maoris 13
on 3rd June at Sydney Cricket Ground.
Second NSW XIII 31 beat Maoris 14
on 5th June at Sydney Cricket Ground.
Sydney Metropolitan 38 beat Maoris 0
on 19th June at Sydney Cricket Ground.
A series of games played in Sydney to select the team to take on Queensland in the interstate match.
[No details.]
Central West (Orange) 18 beat Western (Bathurst) 8
on 27th May.
Newcastle 19 beat Ipswich 14
on 3rd June at Newcastle Showground.
Newcastle 28 beat Combined Country 26
on 5th June at Sydney Cricket Ground.
Ipswich 18 beat Newcastle Seconds 11
on 5th June at Newcastle Showground.
Hunter 21 beat Manning River 18
on 12th July at Maitland Showground.
Byron Bay 33 beat Casino 0
on 15th July at Casino.
Manning River 32 beat Hunter 8
on 16th September at Taree.
Sydney Metropolitan 22 beat Newcastle 19
on 30th September at Newcastle Showground.
When a Sydney club had a bye it would occasionally arrange a visit to a country area to play the local district team.
Newtown 50 beat Tamworth 6
on 5th June at Tamworth.
Glebe 54 beat Goulburn 22
on 17th June at Goulburn Showground.
Hunter versus Glebe
on 26th June at Maitland Showground.
North Sydney 32 beat Orange 27
on 1st July at Wade Park Orange.
Goulburn 26 beat University 13
on 8th July at Goulburn Showground.
Hunter versus Glebe
on 19th July at Maitland Showground.
Newcastle 20 beat Western Suburbs 16
on 16th September at Newcastle Sportsground.
Kangaroos 35 beat Rest of Australia 24
on 19th June at Sydney Cricket Ground.
[New Zealand 1913] [New Zealand 1965]
Captain: Jim Craig.
Squad: W 'Binghi' Benson, Frank Burge, Harry Caples,
George Carstairs, Jim Craig, R Dunworth, Bill Gillespie, Bert Gray,
Harold Horder, Bill Ives, Albert Johnston, Ernie Lapham, Reg Latta,
S Manstead, Alf O'Connor, Clarrie Prentice, N Proctor,
Jack Robinson, Frank Rule, J Toohey, Clarrie Tye, Dick Vest.
In New Zealand: played 6; won 6; for 233; against 92.
Auckland W 40-25 ? Auckland
Auckland Province W 21-20 ? Auckland
Bay of Plenty W 29-5 ? Rotorua
Waikato W 17-12 ? Huntly
King Country XIII W 87-16 ? Taumarunui
Hawke's Bay/Auckland W 39-14 ? Napier
Combined XIII* W 65-27 ? Auckland
* exhibition match.
Premiership, reserve grade and third grade competitions were run. A separate table was kept over the second round of the first and reserve grade competitions, with the top four teams in each playing off for the City Cup and Sports Ground Cup respectively.
Eleven districts ran junior competitions and each competed for the President's Cup, which was run as a knockout competition.
1 North Sydney 16 12 0 4 2 306 136 170 28
2 Glebe 16 12 0 4 2 284 154 130 28
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3 Eastern Suburbs 16 9 2 5 2 217 177 40 24
4 South Sydney 15 9 1 5 2 207 187 20 23
5 Balmain 16 8 2 6 2 168 145 23 22
6 Western Suburbs 16 6 0 10 2 164 201 -37 16
7 Newtown 16 5 1 10 2 169 200 -31 15
8 University 15 5 0 10 2 148 287 -139 14
9 St George 16 2 0 14 2 140 316 -176 8
Final:
North Sydney 35 beat Glebe 3.
Notes:
1 South Sydney 8 7 0 1 1 128 90 38 16
2 Glebe 8 6 0 2 1 149 87 62 14
3 North Sydney 8 5 0 3 1 128 80 48 12
4 Eastern Suburbs 8 5 0 3 1 125 109 16 12
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5 Western Suburbs 8 4 0 4 1 80 86 -6 10
6 University 8 3 0 5 1 104 143 -39 8
7 Balmain 8 2 1 5 1 89 103 -14 7
8 Newtown 8 2 1 5 1 82 106 -24 7
9 St George 8 1 0 7 1 59 140 -81 4
Semifinals:
North Sydney 22 beat South Sydney 6.
Eastern Suburbs 21 beat Glebe 3.
Final:
North Sydney 18 beat Eastern Suburbs 11.
1 Newtown 16 11 1 4 2 138 96 42 27
2 Glebe 16 10 3 3 2 160 80 80 27
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3 Balmain 16 10 0 6 2 122 84 38 24
4 North Sydney 16 8 2 6 2 148 119 29 22
5 South Sydney 16 9 0 7 2 150 98 52 22
6 Western Suburbs 16 8 0 8 2 117 107 10 20
7 St George 16 6 1 9 2 159 151 8 17
8 Eastern Suburbs 16 5 0 11 2 87 151 -64 14
9 University 16 1 1 14 2 81 274 -193 7
(S.M.H., 4/9/1922)
Final:
Newtown 10 beat Glebe 2.
1 Glebe 8 7 1 0 1 93 27 66 17
2 Newtown 8 6 1 1 1 74 47 27 15
3 North Sydney 8 5 1 2 1 76 54 22 13
4 Balmain 8 4 0 4 1 66 40 26 10
5 Western Suburbs 8 4 0 4 1 77 54 23 10
6 South Sydney 8 4 0 4 1 69 63 6 10
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7 St George 8 3 0 5 1 85 83 2 8
8 Eastern Suburbs 8 1 0 7 1 45 108 -63 4
9 University 8 0 1 7 1 33 142 -109 1
Playoffs:
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Semifinals:
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Final:
South Sydney 5 beat Glebe 0.
Format: played over one round with the top club becoming premiers.
Teams (18): Balmain, Camperdown, Eastern Suburbs, Garrison Artillery, Glebe, Kensington, Marrickville, Mascot, Mosman, Newtown, North Sydney, Redfern United, South Sydney, Sydney, Sydney Teachers, Teachers' College, University, Western Suburbs. Mascot were premiers. (17 games, 34 points, 235-41)
Preliminary Matches: (incomplete) (3/6, 5/6)
South Sydney 5 beat Western Suburbs 3.
St George 18 beat North Sydney 12.
Canterbury-Bankstown versus ?.
Semifinal: (15/7)
Eastern Suburbs 14 beat Newtown 6.
Final: (22/7)
Eastern Suburbs 11 beat Balmain 3.
Balmain District:
A Grade: Leichhardt Gladstones (best record)
B Grade: Rozelle Iona (best record)
C Grade: Balmain Arlines 3 beat Birchgrove Juniors 0.
Canterbury-Bankstown District.
A Grade: ?
B Grade: ?
C Grade: ?
Eastern Suburbs District.
A Grade: Oxford versus Olympia.
B Grade: ?
Glebe District.
A Grade: ?
Newtown District.
A Grade: ?
B Grade: ?
C Grade: ?
Northern District.
A Grade: ?
B Grade: ?
C Grade: ?
North Sydney District.
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Southern District.
A Grade: ?
B Grade: ?
C Grade: ?
South Sydney District.
A Grade: Botany United 2 drew with Alexandria Juniors 2.
B Grade: ?
C Grade: ?
St George District.
A Grade: ?
B Grade: Hurstville United (best record)
C Grade: ?
Western District.
A Grade: ?
B Grade: ?
C Grade: ?
Western Suburbs District.
A Grade: Ashfield United (best record)
B Grade: ?
C Grade: ?
City Houses.
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Competitions were played in four grades. The Kerr Cup was played for by first grade sides after the completion of premiership matches.
The Gulperin Cup was donated to be played for by the second grade clubs.
Format: played over three rounds with a final. The final round was not played for some reason.
1 Western Suburbs 11 7 2 2 3 96 61 35 22
2 Central Newcastle 11 6 1 4 3 116 87 29 19
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3 South Newcastle 11 6 0 5 3 80 94 -14 18
4 Eastern Suburbs 11 4 1 6 3 98 99 -1 15
5 Northern Suburbs 12 2 2 8 2 50 99 -49 10
Final:
Western Suburbs 5 beat Central Newcastle 0.
Format: played over two rounds and a final. Why did Norths have to beat Easts twice?
Teams (6): Carrington, Central Newcastle, Eastern Suburbs,
Northern Suburbs, Toronto, Western Suburbs.
[Final table unavailable.]
Semifinals:
Northern Suburbs 4 beat Eastern Suburbs 0.
Northern Suburbs 2 beat Eastern Suburbs 0.
Final:
Northern Suburbs 6 beat Carrington 0.
Format: played over 2 rounds and a final, with only the top 6 teams playing the second round.
Teams (16): Belmont, Broadmeadow, Carrington, Central Newcastle no.1,
Central Newcastle no.2, Dangar Park, Eastern Suburbs,
Northern Suburbs no.1, Northern Suburbs no.2, South Newcastle no.1,
South Newcastle no.2, Stockton no.1, Stockton no.2, Toronto,
Wallsend, Western Suburbs.
[Final table unavailable.]
Final:
South Newcastle no.1 13 drew with Central Newcastle no.1 13.
(South Newcastle no.1 won the replay 5-2.)
Format: played over 2 rounds and a final, with only the top 6 teams playing the second round.
Teams (17): Belmont, Broadmeadow, Carrington, Central Newcastle,
Dangar Park, Eastern Suburbs, Hexham, Northern Suburbs no.1,
Northern Suburbs no.2, Northern Suburbs no.3, South Newcastle no.1,
South Newcastle no.2, Stockton, Toronto, Wallsend, Western Suburbs,
West Wallsend.
[Final table unavailable.]
Final:
Northern Suburbs no.2 14 beat Northern Suburbs no.1 6.
Format: played over six rounds and a final.
1 Eastern Suburbs 5 4 0 1 1 57 17 40 10
2 Western Suburbs 5 4 0 1 1 34 3 31 10
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3 Central Newcastle 5 2 0 3 1 37 67 -30 6
4 Northern Suburbs 5 1 1 3 1 12 24 -12 5
5 South Newcastle 4 0 1 3 2 14 43 -29 5
Final:
Western Suburbs 11 beat Eastern Suburbs 3.
Mr Hepworth of the Eastern Suburbs club donated the Hepworth Shield to be competed for by the first grade teams.
The competition point system used was 4 for a win, 2 for a draw, 0 for a loss, and -2 for a forfeit.
Employees of Ryland's Ltd nail works entered a team in the first grade.
Format: Double round robin, cut throat semifinals, final.
1 Kurri Kurri 9 7 1 1 1 105 22 83 34
2 East End 9 4 4 1 1 48 28 20 28
3 Eastern Suburbs 9 4 2 3# 1 43 15 28 20
4 East Maitland 9 3 1 5 1 42 77 -35 18
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5 Western Suburbs 9 3 0 6 1 29 81 -52 16
6 Rylands Ltd 5 0 0 5# 0 3 47 -44 -4
# Each team forfeited twice.
* Ryland Ltd withdrew after round 5.
Semifinal:
Eastern Suburbs 11 beat Kurri Kurri 7.
(Kurri Kurri protested over Eastern Suburb's inclusion of
a player who had played in Newcastle, replay ordered.)
(Eastern Suburbs won the replay 27-14.)
East End 24 beat East Maitland 2.
Final:
East End 9 beat Eastern Suburbs 5.
Format: Double round robin, semifinal series, final.
Teams (5): East End, Eastern Suburbs, Greta, Singleton, Weston.
[Final table unavailable.]
Semifinals:
Singleton 3 beat Weston 2.
Greta 9 beat Weston 3.
Final:
Greta 15 beat Singleton 0.
Format: Single round robin, drop bottom 4, single round robin, final. It looks as though only one round was played and then a cut throat quarterfinal series was played.
Teams (10): Eastern Suburbs, East Maitland, Greta, Kurri Kurri, Neath,
Raymond Terrace, Seaham, Western Suburbs no.1, Western Suburbs no.2,
Weston.
Top 8 Table at end of first round:
1 Kurri Kurri 10 10 0 0 - 40
2 Western Suburbs no.1 10 7 0 3 - 28
3 Raymond Terrace 9 6 1 2 - 26
4 Neath 9 6 1 2 - 26
5 East End 10 5 2 3 - 24
6 Western Suburbs no.2 10 5 1 4 - 22
7 East Maitland 10 4 1 5 - 18
8 Greta 10 3 1 6 - 14
(Maitland Mercury, 1.8.1922)
[Quarterfinal results unavailable.]
Semifinals:
Western Suburbs no.2 9 beat East End 6.
Kurri Kurri 7 beat Neath 5.
Final:
Kurri Kurri 14 beat Western Suburbs no.2 0.
A Grade Final (Walter Pye Cup):
Old Boys 18 beat Our Boys 8.