1922 MAFA season#B Section
{{Short description|27th season of the Metropolitan Amateur Football Association}}
{{Infobox Australian rules football season
| competition = mafa
| year = 1922
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| teams = 16
| date = 6 May − 26 August 1922
| premiers = {{AFLR UniB}}
| count = 2
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| prevseason = 1921
| nextseason = 1923
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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.{{cite web |title=UNIVERSITY CLUB |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/4659604 |publisher=The Argus |access-date=23 November 2024 |page=8 |date=26 April 1922}} The season began on 6 May and concluded on 26 August, comprising a home-and-away season, followed by a three-week finals series.{{cite web |title=METROPOLITAN |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/246768932/26462029 |publisher=The Herald |access-date=23 November 2024 |page=2 |date=6 May 1922}}{{cite web |title=METROPOLITAN AMATEURS |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/205767012 |publisher=The Age |access-date=23 November 2024 |page=7 |date=10 July 1922}}
For the first time, clubs were split into two divisions − A Section and B Section.{{cite web |title=MELBOURNE AMATEURS |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/4632629 |publisher=The Argus |access-date=23 November 2024 |page=3 |date=6 June 1922}} No promotion and relegation system was in place, with the top four teams from each division playing in a combined finals series.{{cite web |author1=Old Boy |title=COLLEGE SPORTS |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/140233048 |publisher=The Australasian |access-date=23 November 2024 |page=21 |date=10 July 1922}}{{cite web |title=METROPOLITAN AMATEURS |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/1931895 |publisher=The Argus |access-date=11 December 2024 |page=6 |date=1 April 1924}}
{{AFLR UniB}} won the MAFA premiership for the second time and the second year in a row, defeating Collegians in the 1922 MAFA Grand Final.{{cite web |title=METROPOLITAN AMATEURS |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/1844199 |publisher=The Argus |access-date=23 November 2024 |page=11 |date=14 September 1922}}{{cite web |title=University Blacks Football Club |url=https://www.vafa.com.au/clubs/university-blacks/ |publisher=Victorian Amateur Football Association |access-date=20 October 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240930184818/https://www.vafa.com.au/clubs/university-blacks/ |archive-date=30 September 2024}}
Association membership
South Yarra left the MJFA following the end of the 1921 season.{{cite web |title=South Yarra Football Club (Vic) |url=http://www.footypedia.info/00000044.htm |publisher=Footypedia |access-date=23 November 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240930234930/https://www.footypedia.info/00000044.htm |archive-date=30 September 2024}} Old Brightonians, which had failed to win a single game in 1921, also withdrew prior to the start of the 1922 season.{{cite web |title=METROPOLITAN AMATEUR ASSOCIATION |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/4678306 |publisher=The Argus |access-date=20 October 2024 |page=5 |date=8 August 1921}}{{cite web |last1=McLellan |first1=Bob |title=OBGFC: A Tribute |url=https://static1.squarespace.com/static/601a2eb4a2c38a5e15c44aa4/t/6021f077eb9d5f2e0afc1554/1612837211412/Pages+1-194+from+Old+Brighton+Football+History.pdf |publisher=Old Brighton Grammarians Football Club |access-date=28 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240928094057/https://static1.squarespace.com/static/601a2eb4a2c38a5e15c44aa4/t/6021f077eb9d5f2e0afc1554/1612837211412/Pages+1-194+from+Old+Brighton+Football+History.pdf |archive-date=28 September 2024 |pages=1–194}}
Four new clubs − Black Rock, Elwood, Melbourne Shipping Company and Murrumbeena − entered the MJFA.{{cite web |title=Former VAFA Clubs |url=https://www.vafa.com.au/history/former-clubs/ |publisher=Victorian Amateur Football Association |access-date=8 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240801135938/https://www.vafa.com.au/history/former-clubs/ |archive-date=1 August 2024}}{{cite web |title=A BRIEF HISTORY |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090419134741/https://www.vafa.com.au/fileadmin/user_upload/History/a_brief_history.pdf |publisher=Victorian Amateur Football Association |access-date=9 June 2024 |date=9 April 2009}} Melbourne Shipping Company disbanded on 17 July 1922, and its remaining games were treated as walkovers.{{cite web |title=METROPOLITAN AMATEURS |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/205775166 |publisher=The Age |access-date=23 November 2024 |page=11 |date=3 July 1922}}{{cite web |title=METROPOLITAN AMATEURS |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/205776763 |publisher=The Age |access-date=23 November 2024 |page=5 |date=31 July 1922}}
Ladder
=A Section=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; margin-bottom:0"
|+ ! style="width:10px" | {{Tooltip|Pos|Position on ladder}} ! style="width:35%;" | Team ! style="width:30px;"| {{Tooltip|Pld|Games played}} ! style="width:30px;"| {{Tooltip|W|Won}} ! style="width:30px;"| {{Tooltip|L|Lost}} ! style="width:30px;"| {{Tooltip|D|Drawn}} ! style="width:30px;"| {{Tooltip|Pts|Points}} ! Qualification |
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| 1 | style="text-align:left;" | {{AFLR UniA}} | | | | | 48 | rowspan=4 | Finals series |
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| 2 | style="text-align:left;" | Collegians | | | | | 48 |
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| 3 | style="text-align:left;" | Old Scotch | | | | | 44 |
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| 4 | style="text-align:left;" | Old Melburnians | | | | | 28 |
| 5
| style="text-align:left;" | Old Caulfield Grammarians | | | | | 22 |
| 6
| style="text-align:left;" | Old Trinity | | | | | 18 |
| 7
| style="text-align:left;" | Murrumbeena | | | | | 14 |
| 8
| style="text-align:left;" | Melbourne Swimming Club | | 0 | | 1 | 2 |
{{small|Source: {{cite web |title=JUNIOR FOOTBALL |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/243653822 |publisher=The Herald |access-date=23 November 2024 |page=5 |date=11 August 1912}}
(P) Premiers; (W) Club withdrew}}
=B Section=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; margin-bottom:0"
|+ ! style="width:10px" | {{Tooltip|Pos|Position on ladder}} ! style="width:35%;" | Team ! style="width:30px;"| {{Tooltip|Pld|Games played}} ! style="width:30px;"| {{Tooltip|W|Won}} ! style="width:30px;"| {{Tooltip|L|Lost}} ! style="width:30px;"| {{Tooltip|D|Drawn}} ! style="width:30px;"| {{Tooltip|Pts|Points}} ! Qualification |
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| 1 | style="text-align:left;" | Hampton | | | | | 52 | rowspan=4 | Finals series |
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| 2 | style="text-align:left;" | {{AFLR UniB}} | | | | | 48 |
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| 3 | style="text-align:left;" | Elsternwick | | | | | 36 |
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| 4 | style="text-align:left;" | Black Rock | | | | | 28 |
| 5
| style="text-align:left;" | Teachers College | | | | | 28 |
| 6
| style="text-align:left;" | Sandringham | | | | | 20 |
| 7
| style="text-align:left;" | Elwood | | | | | 8 |
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| 8 | style="text-align:left;" | Melbourne Shipping Company (W) | | | | | 4 | |
Finals
=First semi-finals=
{{AFLGameHeader|title=First semi-finals}}
{{AFLGame|home team={{AFLR UniA}}|winner=A|away team=Elsternwick|date=Saturday, 12 August|venue=Melbourne Grammar School|home score=6.15 (51)|away score=8.9 (57)|crowd=|report={{cite web |title=Semi-Finals Arranged |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/222805726 |publisher=The Weekly Times |access-date=23 November 2024 |page=73 |date=12 August 1922}}{{cite web |title=First Semi-Finals |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/165125189 |publisher=The Prahran Telegraph |access-date=23 November 2024 |page=2 |date=18 August 1922}}}}
{{AFLGame|home team=Collegians|winner=H|away team=Black Rock|date=Saturday, 12 August|venue=Scotch College|home score=13.18 (96)|away score=3.2 (20)|crowd=|report={{cite web |title=JUNIOR FOOTBALL |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/243653822 |publisher=The Herald |access-date=23 November 2024 |page=5 |date=11 August 1922}}{{cite web |title=METROPOLITAN AMATEURS |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/1839021 |publisher=The Argus |access-date=23 November 2024 |page=12 |date=14 August 1922}}}}
{{AFLGame|home team=Old Melburnians|winner=A|away team={{AFLR UniB}}|date=Saturday, 12 August|venue=Elsternwick|home score=8.6 (54)|away score=13.27 (105)|crowd=|report=}}
{{AFLGame|home team=Old Scotch Collegians|winner=A|away team=Hampton|date=Saturday, 12 August|venue=University Oval|home score=2.6 (18)|away score=10.9 (69)|crowd=|report=}}
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=Second semi-finals=
{{AFLGameHeader|title=Second semi-finals}}
{{AFLGame|home team=Hampton|winner=A|away team={{AFLR UniB}}|date=Saturday, 19 August|venue=Scotch College|home score=5.7 (37)|away score=8.10 (58)|crowd=|report={{cite web |title=WHAT THE JUNIORS ARE DOING |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/184797897 |publisher=Sporting Globe |access-date=23 November 2024 |page=7 |date=16 August 1922}}}}
{{AFLGame|home team=Collegians|winner=H|away team=Elsternwick|date=Saturday, 19 August|venue=Sandringham|home score=14.24 (108)|away score=11.8 (74)|crowd=|report={{cite web |title=SECOND SEMI-FINALS |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/205773011 |publisher=The Age |access-date=23 November 2024 |page=6 |date=21 August 1922}}}}
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=Grand Final=
{{AFLGameDetailed
| home team = {{AFLR UniB}}
| home Q1 =
| home Q2 = 9.9 (63)
| home Q3 =
| home final = 10.11 (71)
| winner = H
| away team = Collegians
| away Q1 =
| away Q2 = 5.7 (37)
| away Q3 =
| away final = 7.15 (57)
| date = Saturday, 26 August (3:00pm)
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| venue = University Oval
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| report = {{cite web |title=MAFA PREMIERSHIP |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/243648838 |publisher=The Herald |access-date=23 November 2024 |page=3 |date=25 August 1922}}{{cite web |title=UNIVERSITY B WIN FINAL |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/205758937 |publisher=The Age |access-date=23 November 2024 |page=5 |date=28 August 1922}}
| umpires = Stanley, Meade, Coombes, Wilson, Murie{{cite web |title=METROPOLITAN AMATEUR ASSOCIATION |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/1840780 |publisher=The Argus |access-date=23 November 2024 |page=9 |date=25 August 1922}}
| title = 1922 MAFA Grand Final
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Notable events
References
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{{Victorian Amateur Football Association seasons}}