title: George Frater
text: # George Frater
  
  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.
  
  ## 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.
  
  ### Championship appearances
  
  George Frater played in Oldham's victory in the Championship during the 1904–05 season.
  
  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.
  
  