1922 MAFA season

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]

1922 MAFA season
Date	6 May − 26 August 1922
Teams	16
Premiers	University B 2nd premiership
← 1921 1923 →

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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	D	Pts	Qualification
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		0		1	2

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

B Section

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	D	Pts	Qualification
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)	Scotch College	[19][20]
Saturday, 12 August	Old Melburnians 8.6 (54)	def. by	University B 13.27 (105)	Elsternwick	[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)	Scotch College	[21]
Saturday, 19 August	Collegians 14.24 (108)	def.	Elsternwick 11.8 (74)	Sandringham	[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

• An independent MAFA tribunal, as well as an Umpire's Association, were established in 1922.^[13]

References

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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.
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7. "METROPOLITAN AMATEURS". The Argus. 14 September 1922. p. 11. Retrieved 23 November 2024.
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13. "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.
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16. "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.
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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.