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]
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]
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]
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.