Fairbrother ayaa markii ugu horreysay ku tartamay ciyaaraha caalamiga ah ee Boqortooyada Ingiriiska iyo Ciyaaraha Barwaaqo Sooranka ee 1958 ee Cardiff, Wales. Isaga oo matalaya Scotland, wuxuu ku dhammeystay kaalinta toddobaad ee finalka boodada sare isagoo boodaya. Hal bil ka dib 1958kii tartankii ciyaaraha fudud ee Yurub ee lagu qabtay magaalada Stockholm, Sweden, Fairbrother, oo matalayay Ingiriiska ee boodka sare, ayaa kaalinta tobnaad ku dhammaystay. Ciyaarihii Olombikada ee xagaaga ee 1960 ee Rome, Fairbrother wuxuu ku guuldareystay inuu gaaro heerka u qalmitaanka ee sare ee sare. Laba sano ka dib 1962kii tartankii ciyaaraha fudud ee Yurub ee lagu qabtay Belgrade, Yugoslavia, Fairbrother ayaa ku guuleystay tartankii boodada sare. Laba bilood kadib ciyaarihii Boqortooyada Ingiriiska iyo Barwaaqo-sooranka ee 1962 ee Perth, Galbeedka Australia, Fairbrother wuxuu dhammeystirey kaalinta siddeedaad ee boodada sare isagoo tirtiray barta. Ciyaarihii Boqortooyada Ingiriiska iyo Barwaaqo Sooranka ee 1966
Magaalada Kingston, Jamaica, Fairbrother wuxuu diiwaan geliyay natiijadiisii ugu fiicnayd ee caalamiga ah isagoo kaalinta afraad ka galay tartanka sare ee ka dhacayay garoonka diyaaradaha ee London. Kulankiisii ugu dambeeyay ee caalami ah, 1970 British Commonwealth Games ee Edinburgh, Fairbrother wuxuu dhaariyay magaca tartamayaasha xafladda furitaanka. Maalintii xigtay tartankii sare, Fairbrother wuxuu ku guuldareystay inuu gaaro finalka.