# 1922 Grand National

The 1922 Grand National was the 81st renewal of the Grand National horse race that took place at Aintree Racecourse near Liverpool, England, on 24 March 1922.
After two false starts, the race was won by Music Hall at odds of 100/9. The nine-year-old was ridden by Lewis Rees and trained by Owen Anthony, for owner Hugh Kershaw, who collected the winner's prize of £5,000. The winning jockey's brother, Dick Rees, had won the race the previous year on Shaun Spadah.
Drifter finished in second place and Taffytus in third. Sergeant Murphy and A Double Escape were remounted after falling and finished fourth and fifth respectively. There were only five finishers from the field of thirty-two horses. Most did not complete the first circuit, with many having been obstructed by Sergeant Murphy in an incident at the Canal Turn.
After a second consecutive year with a small number of finishers, following the 1921 race when only four horses completed the course, The Manchester Guardian wrote that "it is often not a case of the survival of the fittest but of the survival of the luckiest", while Robin Goodfellow in the Daily Mail described it as "a fit subject for the Chamber of Horrors". The favourite, Southampton, and Shaun Spadah both fell at the first fence, and there were two equine fatalities: The Inca II at Becher's Brook and Awbeg at the Canal Turn.

## Finishing Order

| Position | Name | Jockey | Age | Handicap (st-lb) | SP | Distance |
| 1 | Music Hall | Lewis Rees | 9 | 11-8 | 1011.1111111111 100/9 | 12 lengths |
| 2 | Drifter | William Watkinson | 8 | 10-0 | 1018 18/1 | 6 lengths |
| 3 | Taffytus | Ted Leader | 9 | 11-0 | 1066 66/1 | A Distance |
| 4 | Sergeant Murphy | Charles Hawkins | 12 | 11-0 | 1016.6666666667 100/6 | |
| 5 | A Double Escape | Tuppy Bennet | 8 | 10-3 | 1040 40/1 | |

## Non-finishers

| Fence | Name | Jockey | Age | Handicap (st-lb) | SP | Fate |
| 01 | Shaun Spadah | Dick Rees | 11 | 12-3 | 1012.5 100/8 | |
| 01 | Southampton | Harry Brown | 6 | 11-10 | 1008.3333333333 100/12 F | |
| 04 | Vaulx | Tony Escott | 8 | 10-0 | 1025 25/1 | Fell |
| 05 | Clashing Arms | Jack Anthony | 7 | 11-3 | 1009 9/1 | Fell |
| 06 | Grey Dawn V | Alf Newey | 9 | 10-0 | 1025 25/1 | |
| 06 | The Inca II | Fred Brookes | 8 | 10-0 | 1100 100/1 | Fell |
| 06 | Wavertree | Bryan Bletsoe | 11 | 11-10 | 1025 25/1 | Fell |
| 08 | All White | Bob Chadwick | 8 | 11-0 | 1014.2857142857 100/7 | Brought Down |
| 08 | Awbeg | Mr A Knowles | 11 | 10-0 | 1100 100/1 | Fell |
| 08 | General Saxham | Mr P Dennis | 9 | 10-9 | 1066 66/1 | |
| 08 | Norton | Isaac Morgan | 7 | 11-8 | 1040 40/1 | Fell |
| ? | Clonree | J Mahoney | 8 | 11-6 | 1033 33/1 | |
| ? | St Bernard | Mr R Pulford | 8 | 11-5 | 1066 66/1 | |
| ? | The Turk II | Ivor Anthony | 12 | 10-11 | 1033 33/1 | |
| ? | Super Man | Roger Burford | 7 | 10-9 | 1100 100/1 | |
| ? | Gay Lochinvar | F Croney | 6 | 10-8 | 1100 100/1 | |
| ? | Dunadry | James Hogan jnr | 9 | 10-7 | 1066 66/1 | |
| ? | Any Time | Gilbert Wall | 11 | 10-5 | 1100 100/1 | |
| ? | Square Up | J Rennison | 9 | 10-4 | 1020 20/1 | |
| ? | Mask-On | J Burns | 9 | 10-2 | 1050 50/1 | |
| ? | Arabian Knight | R Spares | 6 | 10-2 | 1100 100/1 | |
| ? | Sudan II | G Calder | 13 | 10-0 | 1100 100/1 | |
| ? | Masterful | Mr M Blair | 9 | 10-0 | 1066 66/1 | |
| ? | Dunstanburgh | H Watkins | 10 | 10-0 | 1100 100/1 | |
| ? | Confessor | Robert Trudgill | 8 | 10-0 | 1100 100/1 | |
| ? | Such A Sport | Captain A C Delmege | 11 | 10-0 | 1100 100/1 | |
| 22 | Arravale | Percy Whitaker | 7 | 10-10 | 1014.2857142857 100/7 | |