1922 MAFA season

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1922 MAFA season
Date6 May − 26 August 1922
Teams16
Premiers University B
2nd premiership
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The 1922 MAFA season was the 27th season of the Metropolitan Amateur Football Association (MAFA), an Australian rules football competition played in the state of Victoria. [1] The season began on 6 May and concluded on 26 August, comprising a home-and-away season, followed by a three-week finals series. [2] [3]

Contents

For the first time, clubs were split into two divisions − A Section and B Section. [4] No promotion and relegation system was in place, with the top four teams from each division playing in a combined finals series. [5] [6]

University B won the MAFA premiership for the second time and the second year in a row, defeating Collegians in the 1922 MAFA Grand Final. [7] [8]

Association membership

South Yarra left the MJFA following the end of the 1921 season. [9] Old Brightonians, which had failed to win a single game in 1921, also withdrew prior to the start of the 1922 season. [10] [11]

Four new clubs − Black Rock, Elwood, Melbourne Shipping Company and Murrumbeena − entered the MJFA. [12] [13] Melbourne Shipping Company disbanded on 17 July 1922, and its remaining games were treated as walkovers. [13] [14] [15]

Ladder

A Section

PosTeamPldWLDPtsQualification
1 University A 48 Finals series
2 Collegians 48
3 Old Scotch 44
4 Old Melburnians 28
5 Old Caulfield Grammarians 22
6 Old Trinity 18
7 Murrumbeena 14
8 Melbourne Swimming Club 012

Source: [16]
(P) Premiers; (W) Club withdrew

B Section

PosTeamPldWLDPtsQualification
1 Hampton 52 Finals series
2 University B 48
3 Elsternwick 36
4 Black Rock 28
5 Teachers College 28
6 Sandringham 20
7 Elwood 8
8 Melbourne Shipping Company (W)4

Source: [16]
(P) Premiers; (W) Club withdrew

Finals

First semi-finals

First semi-finals
Saturday, 12 August University A 6.15 (51)def. by Elsternwick 8.9 (57) Melbourne Grammar School [17] [18]
Saturday, 12 August Collegians 13.18 (96)def. Black Rock 3.2 (20) Old Scotch Oval [19] [20]
Saturday, 12 August Old Melburnians 8.6 (54)def. by University B 13.27 (105) Elsternwick Park [20]
Saturday, 12 August Old Scotch Collegians 2.6 (18)def. by Hampton 10.9 (69) University Oval [20]

Second semi-finals

Second semi-finals
Saturday, 19 August Hampton 5.7 (37)def. by University B 8.10 (58) Old Scotch Oval [21]
Saturday, 19 August Collegians 14.24 (108)def. Elsternwick 11.8 (74) Beach Road Oval [22]

Grand Final

1922 MAFA Grand Final
Saturday, 26 August (3:00pm) University B def. Collegians University Oval [23] [24]

9.9 (63)

10.11 (71)		Q1
Q2
Q3
Final
5.7 (37)

7.15 (57)		Umpires: Stanley, Meade, Coombes, Wilson, Murie [25]

Notable events

References

  1. ↑ "UNIVERSITY CLUB". The Argus. 26 April 1922. p. 8. Retrieved 23 November 2024.
  2. ↑ "METROPOLITAN". The Herald. 6 May 1922. p. 2. Retrieved 23 November 2024.
  3. ↑ "METROPOLITAN AMATEURS". The Age. 10 July 1922. p. 7. Retrieved 23 November 2024.
  4. ↑ "MELBOURNE AMATEURS". The Argus. 6 June 1922. p. 3. Retrieved 23 November 2024.
  5. ↑ Old Boy (10 July 1922). "COLLEGE SPORTS". The Australasian. p. 21. Retrieved 23 November 2024.
  6. ↑ "METROPOLITAN AMATEURS". The Argus. 1 April 1924. p. 6. Retrieved 11 December 2024.
  7. ↑ "METROPOLITAN AMATEURS". The Argus. 14 September 1922. p. 11. Retrieved 23 November 2024.
  8. ↑ "University Blacks Football Club". Victorian Amateur Football Association. Archived from the original on 30 September 2024. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
  9. ↑ "South Yarra Football Club (Vic)". Footypedia. Archived from the original on 30 September 2024. Retrieved 23 November 2024.
  10. ↑ "METROPOLITAN AMATEUR ASSOCIATION". The Argus. 8 August 1921. p. 5. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
  11. ↑ McLellan, Bob. "OBGFC: A Tribute" (PDF). Old Brighton Grammarians Football Club. pp. 1–194. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2024. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
  12. ↑ "Former VAFA Clubs". Victorian Amateur Football Association. Archived from the original on 1 August 2024. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
  13. 1 2 3 "A BRIEF HISTORY" (PDF). Victorian Amateur Football Association. 9 April 2009. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
  14. ↑ "METROPOLITAN AMATEURS". The Age. 3 July 1922. p. 11. Retrieved 23 November 2024.
  15. ↑ "METROPOLITAN AMATEURS". The Age. 31 July 1922. p. 5. Retrieved 23 November 2024.
  16. 1 2 "JUNIOR FOOTBALL". The Herald. 11 August 1912. p. 5. Retrieved 23 November 2024.
  17. ↑ "Semi-Finals Arranged". The Weekly Times. 12 August 1922. p. 73. Retrieved 23 November 2024.
  18. ↑ "First Semi-Finals". The Prahran Telegraph. 18 August 1922. p. 2. Retrieved 23 November 2024.
  19. ↑ "JUNIOR FOOTBALL". The Herald. 11 August 1922. p. 5. Retrieved 23 November 2024.
  20. 1 2 3 "METROPOLITAN AMATEURS". The Argus. 14 August 1922. p. 12. Retrieved 23 November 2024.
  21. ↑ "WHAT THE JUNIORS ARE DOING". Sporting Globe. 16 August 1922. p. 7. Retrieved 23 November 2024.
  22. ↑ "SECOND SEMI-FINALS". The Age. 21 August 1922. p. 6. Retrieved 23 November 2024.
  23. ↑ "MAFA PREMIERSHIP". The Herald. 25 August 1922. p. 3. Retrieved 23 November 2024.
  24. ↑ "UNIVERSITY B WIN FINAL". The Age. 28 August 1922. p. 5. Retrieved 23 November 2024.
  25. ↑ "METROPOLITAN AMATEUR ASSOCIATION". The Argus. 25 August 1922. p. 9. Retrieved 23 November 2024.
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