Frederick Talbot
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| Full name | Frederick Talbot | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Fred | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | Ebbw Vale,[1] Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Second-row, Loose forward | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Frederick "Fred" Talbot is a professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1930s, playing at representative level for Wales, and at club level for Huddersfield, and Keighley as a second-row, or loose forward/lock, i.e. number 11 or 12, or 13, during the era of contested scrums.[2]
Playing career
International honours
Fred Talbot was a "reserve to travel" for Wales while at Huddersfield in the 11-18 defeat by France during the 1935 European Rugby League Championship at Stade du Parc Lescure, Bordeaux on Tuesday 1 January 1935, and won a cap for Wales while at Huddersfield in the 11-24 defeat by England during the 1935 European Rugby League Championship at Anfield, Liverpool on Wednesday 10 April 1935.[3]
Challenge Cup Final appearances
Fred Talbot played right-second-row in Huddersfield's 21–17 victory over Warrington in the 1933 Challenge Cup Final at Wembley Stadium, London on Saturday 6 May 1933.[4] played Loose forward in the 8–11 defeat by Castleford in the 1935 Challenge Cup Final at Wembley on Saturday 4 May 1935, in front of a crowd of 39,000,[5][6] and played right-second-row in Keighley's 5-18 defeat by Widnes in the 1937 Challenge Cup Final at Wembley on Saturday 8 May 1937, in front of a crowd of 47,699.
References
- ↑ "The Leeds Loiner - Challenge Cup semi-final - Keighley v. Wakefield Trinity, Saturday 3 April 1937". footballzone.co.uk. 31 December 2016. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
- ↑ Williams, Graham; Lush, Peter; Farrar, David (2009). The British Rugby League Records Book. London League. pp. 108–114. ISBN 978-1-903659-49-6.
- ↑ "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
- ↑ "Fartown At Wembley - "The Wembley Years" - 1933, 1935, 1953 And 1962" (PDF). huddersfieldrlheritage.co.uk. 31 December 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
- ↑ "Sat 4th May 1935 - Challenge Cup - Neutral Ground - 39,000". thecastlefordtigers ℅ web.archive.org. 31 December 2014. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
- ↑ "Castleford Beat Huddersfield For Rugby League Cup". newspapers.nl.sg. 23 May 1935. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
