| Baines Cigarette card featuring Frederick Firth | ||||||
| Personal information | ||||||
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| Full name | Frederick Firth | |||||
| Nickname | Fred | |||||
| Born | 1870 Cleckheaton, England |
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| Died | February 1936 (aged 65–66) Olneyville, Providence, Rhode Island, USA |
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| Playing information | ||||||
| Rugby union | ||||||
| Position | Wing | |||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| ≤1894–≥1894 | Halifax | |||||
| Representative | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 1894–1894 | England | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rugby league | ||||||
| Source: scrum.com | ||||||
Frederick "Fred" Firth (born 1870 in Cleckheaton — died February 1936 in Olneyville, Providence, Rhode Island) was a rugby union footballer of the 1890s who at representative level played for England, and at club level for Halifax,[1] playing on the Wing, i.e. number 11 or 14. Prior to the 27th August 1895, Halifax was a rugby union club.
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Fred Firth won caps for England while at Halifax in 1894 against Wales, Ireland, and Scotland.[2]
When Halifax converted from the rugby union code to the rugby league code on the 27th August 1895, Fred Firth would have been approximately 25. Consequently, he may have been both a rugby union and rugby league footballer for Halifax.