Fred Carter (rugby league)

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, Batley and Castleford, as a wing, second-row or loose forward.^[1][2][3]

Fred Carter

Personal information
Full name	Fred Carter
Born	unknown Castleford, England
Died	unknown
Playing information
Position	Wing, 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

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 1924 Great Britain Lions tour trial match at Headingley, 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 1923–24 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 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 Cup Final during the 1922–23 season at Headingley, Leeds on Saturday 2 December 1922, in front of a crowd of 33,719, and played at second-row in the 8-9 defeat by Wakefield Trinity in the 1924–25 Yorkshire Cup Final during the 1924–25 season at Headingley, 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, 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 £5,655 in 2023) (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. . 31 December 2017. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
3. . 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.

External links

• Search for "Carter" at rugbyleagueproject.org
• Fred Carter Memory Box Search at archive.castigersheritage.com
• Carter Memory Box Search at archive.castigersheritage.com
• Search for "Fred Carter" at britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk