Freddie Smart
| Personal information | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Frederick G. Smart | |||||
| Nickname | Fred, Freddie | |||||
| Playing information | ||||||
| Position | Wing | |||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 1930–37 | Wakefield Trinity | 200 | 94 | |||
| Representative | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 1933 | Wales | 1 | ||||
| As of 20 April 2012 | ||||||
| Source: rugbyleagueproject.org | ||||||
Frederick "Fred"/"Freddie" G. Smart is a Welsh professional rugby league footballer of the 1930s, playing at representative level for Wales, and at club level for Wakefield Trinity, as a Wing, i.e. number 2 or 5.[1]
Playing career
International honours
Fred Smart won a cap for Wales while at Wakefield Trinity in the 19-51 defeat by Australia at Wembley Stadium on Saturday 30 December 1933.[2]
County Cup final appearances
Fred Smart played Left-Wing, i.e. number 5, in Wakefield Trinity's 0-8 defeat by Leeds in the 1932 Yorkshire Cup final during the 1932–33 season at Fartown Ground, Huddersfield on Saturday 19 November 1932, played Right-Wing, i.e. number 2, in the 5-5 draw with Leeds in the 1934 Yorkshire Cup final during the 1934–35 season at Crown Flatt, Dewsbury on Saturday 27 October 1934, played Right-Wing in the 2-2 draw with Leeds in the 1934 Yorkshire Cup final replay during the 1934–35 season at Fartown Ground, Huddersfield on Wednesday 31 October 1934, played Left-Wing in the 0-13 defeat by Leeds in the 1934 Yorkshire Cup final second replay during the 1934–35 season at Parkside, Hunslet on Wednesday 7 November 1934, and played Left-Wing in the 2-9 defeat by York in the 1936 Yorkshire Cup final during the 1936–37 season at Headingley Stadium, Leeds on Saturday 17 October 1936.
Club career
Freddie Smart extended Ted Bateson's 'most tries in a season' record for Wakefield Trinity with 29-tries scored in the 1931–32 season, this record would stand for 22-years, when it was extended by Denis John Boocker in the 1953–54 season.
References
- ↑ Williams, Graham; Lush, Peter; Farrar, David (2009). The British Rugby League Records Book. London League. pp. 108–114. ISBN 978-1-903659-49-6.
- ↑ "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
