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The 1922 Victorian Football Association season was the 44th season of the Australian rules football competition. The premiership was won by the Port Melbourne Football Club, after it defeated by two points on 23 September, in a controversial Grand Final which several of its players were offered money to throw. It was the club's third VFA premiership. ==Association membership== Following the closure of the East Melbourne Cricket Ground in 1921, the Essendon (Association) Football Club disbanded and left the Association, due to the Essendon (League) Football Club moving into its home ground. had disbanded mid-way through the 1921 season as it tried to capitalise on Essendon's (L.) move, but reformed at the end of the year and resumed its place in the Association, albeit missing many of its best players which had left the club when it disbanded.〔 To replace Essendon (A.), a new senior club based in Geelong was admitted to the Association. The new club was administered by the Geelong & District Junior Football Association, and was called the Geelong Football Club; it was typically called Geelong (Association) or Geelong (A.) when required to distinguish it from the Geelong Football Club affiliated with the Victorian Football League. The Geelong (A.) team played its matches at Kardinia Park (at the time, Geelong (L.) played at Corio Oval). These changes were seen as a rare strategic victory for the Association over the League. The Association had managed to gain a slightly stronger foothold over inner city Melbourne by forcing Essendon (L.) into the outer suburbs; and it had then established a club in Geelong, which had been previously been served by only a League team, in the hope of attracting some Geelong-grown talent towards the Association.〔 The victory would be short-lived, as was admitted to the League after three years and Geelong (A.) was out of the Association after six years. Before the season, , Prahran and Williamstown all applied to join the League; and Camberwell, Coburg and Geelong West all applied to join the Association. All six applications were rejected. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「1922 VFA season」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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