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==Outside of rugby league== |
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About [[circa|c.]] 1906, Fred Farrar appeared in an advertising campaign for [[Zam-Buk]], a herbal balm and antiseptic ointment. It was a [[patent medicine]] produced by the Zam-Buk Company of Leeds, England.<ref name="Hunslet's New Player - Praises Zam-Buk">{{cite web |url=https://scontent.fman2-2.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/29260975_753533458184391_5842611518864203435_n.jpg?_nc_eui2=v1%3AAeGyDuvoXtOi5ihf49JIQVXBymwC8qxT8ULt5A1nLDQ31Jsa-6omz7igVXizVk_5teLWBYSBEWfDD5Ga-e3KnaZkcI4POoH36bkTM28mdU2Prg&oh=a8253e89f7bc8b7c9e97ace293e0acd1&oe=5B4DB176 |title=Hunslet's New Player - Praises Zam-Buk |publisher=fman2-2.fna.fbcdn.net |date=31 December 2017|access-date=1 January 2018}}</ref> |
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==Genealogical information== |
==Genealogical information== |
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| Full name | Fred Farrar | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 11 November 1882[1] Farsley, Leeds, West Riding of Yorkshire, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 5 ft 8.5 in (174 cm) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 10 st 10 lb (68 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Wing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Fred 'The Farsley Flyer' Farrar (born 11 November 1882 – death unknown) was an English professional rugby league footballer of the 1900s and 1910s. He played at representative level for Great Britain (non-Test matches), and Yorkshire, and at club level for Bramley, Hunslet (two spells, including one as a World War I guest), and Keighley, as a wing, i.e. number 2 or 5.[2][4]
Background
Fred Farrar was born in Farsley, Leeds, West Riding of Yorkshire.
Playing career
International honours
Fred Farrar was selected for Great Britain while at Hunslet for the 1910 Great Britain Lions tour of Australia and New Zealand.[5]
Fred Farrar was a reserve to travel for England against New Zealand,[2] and had been previously complimented on his length-of-the field try for Hunslet against Leeds at Headingley Rugby Stadium by Hercules Richard "Bumper" Wright who was watching his first British rugby league match.[6]
County honours
Fred Farrar won caps for Yorkshire against New Zealand, and Australia.[6]
Challenge Cup Final appearances
Fred Farrar played right wing, i.e. number 2, and scored a try in Hunslet's 14-0 victory over Hull F.C. in the 1908 Challenge Cup Final during the 1907–08 season at Fartown Ground, Huddersfield on Saturday 25 April 1908, in front of a crowd of 18,000.
County Cup Final appearances
Fred Farrar played right wing, i.e. number 2, in Hunslet's 17-0 victory over Halifax in the 1907 Yorkshire County Cup Final during the 1907–08 season at Headingley Rugby Stadium, Leeds on Saturday 21 December 1907.
All Four Cups
Fred Farrar was a member of Hunslet's 1907–08 All Four Cups winning team.[7]
Outside of rugby league
About c. 1906, Fred Farrar appeared in an advertising campaign for Zam-Buk, a herbal balm and antiseptic ointment. It was a patent medicine produced by the Zam-Buk Company of Leeds, England.[8]
Genealogical information
Fred Farrar's marriage to Eliza (née Stead) was registered during third ¼ 1906 in North Bierley (Bradford) district.[9] They had children; Frank S. Farrar (birth registered during fourth ¼ 1911 in Wharfedale district), and Doris M. Farrar (birth registered during fourth ¼ 1914 in Wharfedale district).
References
- ^ "Fred Farrar (71), ex-Hunslet winger, is still an R.L. fan". Yorkshire Evening Post. 11 November 1953. p. 1.
- ^ a b c "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ^ "Great Britain Statistics at englandrl.co.uk". englandrl.co.uk. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ^ "Wilfred Pickles Off The Record For Charity (archived)". catholicherald.co.uk. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ^ "Papers Past — Evening Post — 14 May 1910 — Football". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
- ^ a b Tom Mather (2010). "Best in the Northern Union". Pages 128-142. ISBN 978-1-903659-51-9
- ^ "Hunslet remembered - Leisure and sport". hunslet.org. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
- ^ "Hunslet's New Player - Praises Zam-Buk". fman2-2.fna.fbcdn.net. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ^ "Marriage details at freebmd.org.uk". freebmd.org.uk. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
