:Frederick Talbot

{{Short description|Wales international rugby league footballer}}

{{other people|Fred Talbot}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2016}}

{{Use British English|date=October 2016}}

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|birth_date = 18 September 1908

|birth_place = Ebbw Vale, Wales{{cite web|url=http://www.footballzone.co.uk/images/i-28002/28537b.jpg|title=The Leeds Loiner - Challenge Cup semi-final - Keighley v. Wakefield Trinity, Saturday 3 April 1937|publisher=footballzone.co.uk|date=31 December 2016|accessdate=1 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170328195157/http://www.footballzone.co.uk/images/i-28002/28537b.jpg|archive-date=28 March 2017|url-status=dead}}

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|position = {{rlp|SR|LF}}

|club1 = Huddersfield

|year1start = ≤1933

|year1end = ≥35

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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 {{rlp|sr}} or {{rlp|lf}}.{{cite book| first1= Graham| last1= Williams| first2= Peter| last2= Lush| first3= David| last3= Farrar| title= The British Rugby League Records Book| publisher= London League| isbn= 978-1-903659-49-6| year= 2009| pages= 108–114}}{{cite web|url=https://rugbyleague.wales/player-rl?id=158028&authtoken=QkU3RUVDRjAtMzYzNi00Q0M3LTk0Q0EtMEE4MUI2QkJGMjM4&teamid=MTA1MzU3|title=Statistics at rugbyleague.wales|publisher=rugbyleague.wales|date=31 December 2019|accessdate=1 January 2020}}

Playing career

=1933=

Talbot played at {{rlp|sr}} in Huddersfield's 21–17 victory over Warrington in the 1932–33 Challenge Cup final at Wembley Stadium, London on Saturday 6 May 1933.{{cite web|url=http://www.huddersfieldrlheritage.co.uk/Documents/Souvenir%20Brochures/Centenary_Brochure/CB11,%20Wembleys.PDF|title=Fartown At Wembley - "The Wembley Years" - 1933, 1935, 1953 And 1962|publisher=huddersfieldrlheritage.co.uk|date=31 December 2012|accessdate=1 January 2013}}

=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.{{cite web|url=http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/fred-talbot/summary.html|title=Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org|publisher=rugbyleagueproject.org|date=31 December 2011|accessdate=1 January 2012}}

He played at {{rlp|lf}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.thecastlefordtigers.co.uk/viewreport.php?page=report&id=1206|title=Sat 4th May 1935 - Challenge Cup - Neutral Ground - 39,000|publisher=thecastlefordtigers |date=31 December 2014|accessdate=1 January 2015|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120216084420/http://www.thecastlefordtigers.co.uk/viewreport.php?page=report&id=1206|archivedate=16 February 2012}}{{cite web|url=http://newspapers.nl.sg/Digitised/Article/singfreepressb19350523-1.2.81.aspx|title=Castleford Beat Huddersfield For Rugby League Cup|publisher=newspapers.nl.sg|date=23 May 1935|accessdate=1 January 2013}}

=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.

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