Fred Carter (rugby league)

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Fred Carter
Fred Carter - Batley.jpg
Personal information
Full nameFred Carter
Bornunknown
Castleford, England
Diedunknown
Playing information
PositionWing, Second-row, Loose forward
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1914–19 Leeds 117 35
1920–27 Batley 207 82 ≥0 ≥0 246
1927–29 Castleford 41 11 0 0 33
Total 365 128 279
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1921 Yorkshire 1 0 0 0 0

Fred Carter (birth unknown – death unknown) was an English professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1910s and 1920s. He played at representative level for Yorkshire, and at club level for Leeds (Heritage №), Batley and Castleford (Heritage №), as a wing, second-row or loose forward, i.e. number 2 or 5, 11 or 12, or 13, during the era of contested scrums.[1][2][3]

Background[]

Fred Carter was born in Castleford, West Riding of Yorkshire, England.

Playing career[]

International honours[]

Fred Carter represented "The Whites" at loose forward against "The Reds" in the 1920 Great Britain Lions tour trial match at Watersheddings, Oldham on Monday 1 March 1920, and represented "The Whites" at loose forward, and scored a try in the 26-18 victory over "The Reds" in the trial match at Headingley Rugby Stadium, Leeds on Wednesday 9 January 1924, ultimately he was not selected for either tour.

County honours[]

Fred Carter won a cap for Yorkshire while at Batley; he played loose forward in the 30-12 victory over Cumberland in the County Championship match during the 1921–22 season at Thrum Hall, Halifax on Monday 14 November 1921.

Championship Final appearances[]

Fred Carter played loose forward in Batley's 13-7 victory over Wigan in the Championship Final during the 1923–24 season, at The Cliff, Broughton, Salford on Saturday 3 May 1924, in front of a crowd of 13,729.

County League appearances[]

Fred Carter played in Batley's victory in the Yorkshire County League during the 1923–24 season, and as a runner-up during the 1921–22 season and 1925–26 season.

County Cup Final appearances[]

Fred Carter played loose forward in Batley's 0-5 defeat by York in the 1922–23 Yorkshire County Cup Final during the 1922–23 season at Headingley Rugby Stadium, Leeds on Saturday 2 December 1922, in front of a crowd of 33,719, and played left-second-row, i.e. number 11, in the 8-9 defeat by Wakefield Trinity in the 1924–25 Yorkshire County Cup Final during the 1924–25 season at Headingley Rugby Stadium, Leeds on Saturday 22 November 1924, in front of a crowd of 25,546.

Club career[]

Fred Carter made his début for Leeds against York at Headingley Rugby Stadium, Leeds on Saturday 12 December 1914, he was transferred from Leeds to Batley on Thursday 8 January 1920, he made his début for Batley as a loose forward, and scored a try in the 13-0 victory over Hull Kingston Rovers at Mount Pleasant, Batley on Saturday 10 January 1920, during his time at Batley, he scored eighty-two tries; seventy-five playing as a forward; including five hat-tricks, and a further seven tries playing as a wing, he played his last match for Batley in the 2-6 defeat by Hunslet at Parkside, Hunslet on Saturday 3 September 1927, by which time he had become Batley's all-time record try-scoring forward, he was transferred from Batley to Castleford for £75 on Monday 26 September 1927 (based on inflation equivalent to £4,577 in 2020) (based on increases in average earnings approximately equivalent to £12,460 in 2016),[4] over his career he scored in excess of 100 tries as a forward, this is an outstanding achievement in this era, and may even rugby league's record pre-World War II try-scoring forward.

References[]

  1. ^ David Smart & Andrew Howard (1 July 2000) "Images of Sport - Castleford Rugby League - A Twentieth Century History". The History Press Ltd. ISBN 978-0752418957
  2. ^ "Castleford RLFC A to Z Player List (All Time)". 31 December 2017. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  3. ^ "Statistics at thecastlefordtigers.co.uk". 31 December 2017. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  4. ^ "Measuring Worth - Relative Value of UK Pounds". Measuring Worth. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.

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