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| Full name | George Frater | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 27 July 1876 Scotland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 9 October 1968 (aged 92) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Forward | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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George Frater (27 July 1876 – 9 October 1968) was a Scottish professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1890s and 1900s. He played at representative level for Other Nationalities ( captain), and Lancashire, and at club level for Oldham ( Heritage No. 34), as a forward (prior to the specialist positions of; prop, hooker, second-row, loose forward), during the era of contested scrums. [1] [2]
Playing career
International honours
George Frater won a cap playing as a forward, i.e. number 10 (in an experimental 12-a-side match), and was captain, for Other Nationalities in the 9–3 victory over England at Central Park, Wigan on Tuesday 5 April 1904, in the first ever international rugby league match. [3]
Championship appearances
George Frater played in Oldham's victory in the Championship during the 1904–05 season. [4]
He later moved to New Zealand and was a referee in the Hawkes Bay. In 1913 he refereed a match at Victoria Park in Auckland between Auckland and Nelson. [5]
References
- ^ a b "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
- ^ "Statistics at orl-heritagetrust.org.uk". orl-heritagetrust.org.uk. 31 December 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
- ^ Fagan, Sean. "The First International Rugby League Match". rl1895.com. Archived from the original on 4 February 2012. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
- ^ The Umpire (1905). Oldham Football Team – Winners of the Northern League Championship, Season 1904–05. The Umpire. ISBN n/a
- ^ "Northern Union". Auckland Star, Volume XLIV, Issue 182. 1 August 1932. p. 8. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
External links
- (archived by web.archive.org) Statistics at orl-heritagetrust.org.uk
- Representative Honours
- (archived by web.archive.org) Representative Honours
- (archived by archive.is) England v Other Nationalities – 5 April 1904 – The First International Rugby League Match
- Search for "George Frater" "Rugby" at britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk
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