About Fred Farrar
Born 1882. Fred Farrar was a British rugby league player.
Fred Farrar (born 11 November 1882 β death unknown), also known by the nickname of "The Farsley Flyer", was an English professional rugby league footballer who played in 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 the second as a World War I guest) and Keighley, as a .
Background Fred Farrar was born in Farsley, Leeds, West Riding of Yorkshire, England, he was a boot and shoe merchant.
Playing career Club career Farrar started his career at Bramley, making a try-scoring debut against Normanton in April 1906. He was transferred to Hunslet in October 1906.
Farrar was a member of the 1907β08 All Four Cups winning team, playing on the in the 17β0 victory over Halifax in the 1907 Yorkshire Cup Final at Headingley, Leeds on Saturday 21 December 1907, and scoring a try the 14β0 victory over Hull F.C., in the 1908 Challenge Cup Final at Fartown Ground, Huddersfield on Saturday 25 April 1908, in front of a crowd of 18,000.
Representative honours Farrar was selected for Great Britain while at Hunslet for the 1910 Great Britain Lions tour of Australia and New Zealand.
Farrar was a reserve to travel for England against New Zealand,
Farrar won caps for Yorkshire including against New Zealand at Belle Vue, Wakefield on Wednesday 18 December 1907, and Australia.
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 .
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Who was Fred Farrar?
English rugby league footballer
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Fred Farrar was born on 11 November 1882 in Farsley.
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Fred Farrar was a rugby league player.
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Fred Farrar was British.
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