1922 VFL premiership season | |
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Overview | |
Date | 6 May—14 October 1921 |
Teams | 9 |
Premiers | Fitzroy 7th premiership |
Runners-up | Collingwood 7th runners-up result |
Minor premiers | Collingwood 7th minor premiership |
Leading goalkicker medallist | Horrie Clover (Carlton) 54 goals |
Attendance | |
Matches played | 76 |
Total attendance | 1,532,070 (20,159 per match) |
Highest (H&A) | 40,000 (round 5, Richmond v Essendon) |
Highest (finals) | 64,148 (semi-final, Essendon v Carlton) |
The 1922 VFL season was the 26th season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest-level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria. The season featured nine clubs and ran from 6 May to 14 October, comprising a 16-match home-and-away season followed by a four-week finals series featuring the top four clubs.
Fitzroy won the premiership, defeating Collingwood by eleven points in the 1922 VFL grand final; it was Fitzroy's seventh VFL premiership. Collingwood won the minor premiership by finishing atop the home-and-away ladder with a 12–4 win–loss record. Carlton's Horrie Clover won the leading goalkicker medal as the league's leading goalkicker.