Frederick Talbot Explained

Frederick Talbot
Birth Date:18 September 1908
Birth Place:Ebbw Vale, Wales[1]
Club1:Huddersfield
Year1start:≤1933
Year1end:≥35
Club2:Keighley
Year2start:≤1937
Year2end:≥37
Teama:Wales
Yearastart:1935
Appearancesa:2
New:yes
Retired:yes
Updated:11 June 2010

Frederick Talbot (18 September 1908 – ?) was a Welsh professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1930s. He played at representative level for Wales, and at club level for Huddersfield and Keighley, as a or .[2] [3]

Playing career

1933

Talbot played at in Huddersfield's 21–17 victory over Warrington in the 1932–33 Challenge Cup final at Wembley Stadium, London on Saturday 6 May 1933.[4]

1935

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 in the 11-24 defeat by England at Anfield, Liverpool on Wednesday 10 April 1935.[5]

He played at in the 8–11 defeat by Castleford in the 1934–35 Challenge Cup final at Wembley on Saturday 4 May 1935, in front of a crowd of 39,000.[6] [7]

1937

He and played right second row in Keighley's 5-18 defeat by Widnes in the 1936–37 Challenge Cup final at Wembley on Saturday 8 May 1937, in front of a crowd of 47,699.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Leeds Loiner - Challenge Cup semi-final - Keighley v. Wakefield Trinity, Saturday 3 April 1937. footballzone.co.uk. 31 December 2016. 1 January 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170328195157/http://www.footballzone.co.uk/images/i-28002/28537b.jpg. 28 March 2017. dead.
  2. Book: Graham. Williams. Peter. Lush. David. Farrar. The British Rugby League Records Book. London League. 978-1-903659-49-6. 2009. 108–114.
  3. Web site: Statistics at rugbyleague.wales. rugbyleague.wales. 31 December 2019. 1 January 2020.
  4. Web site: Fartown At Wembley - "The Wembley Years" - 1933, 1935, 1953 And 1962. huddersfieldrlheritage.co.uk. 31 December 2012. 1 January 2013.
  5. Web site: Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org. rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2011. 1 January 2012.
  6. Web site: Sat 4th May 1935 - Challenge Cup - Neutral Ground - 39,000. thecastlefordtigers . 31 December 2014. 1 January 2015. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120216084420/http://www.thecastlefordtigers.co.uk/viewreport.php?page=report&id=1206. 16 February 2012.
  7. Web site: Castleford Beat Huddersfield For Rugby League Cup. newspapers.nl.sg. 23 May 1935. 1 January 2013.