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 during the era of contested scrums.[2] [3]

Playing career

1933

Talbot played right- 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.