Ernest Fookes | |
Birth Name: | Ernest Faber Fookes |
Birth Date: | 31 May 1874 |
Birth Place: | Waverley, New Zealand |
Death Place: | New Plymouth, New Zealand |
Height: | 5 ft 8+1/2 in |
Weight: | 11 st 10 lb |
Ru Position: | wing |
Ru Amateurclubs: | Sowerby Bridge RFC Barbarian F.C. Yorkshire |
Ru Nationalyears: | 1896–1899 |
Ru Nationalcaps: | 10 |
Ru Nationalpoints: | (15) |
School: | Heath Grammar School |
University: | Owen's College, Manchester |
Dr. Ernest Faber Fookes (31 May 1874 – 3 March 1948)[1] was a New Zealand-born rugby union wing who was capped for the England national team on ten occasions between 1896 and 1899.
Born in Waverley, Taranaki, New Zealand, Fookes travelled to England at the age of 15[2] where he received his college education before gaining his qualifications as a medical doctor in 1899.[3] He married Winifred Laura Capel in 1905 and they had three children.