Ernest Fookes Explained

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.

Personal history

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.

Bibliography

Notes and References

  1. http://www.espnscrum.com/england/rugby/player/1165.html Ernest Fookes player profile
  2. http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=WC18971203.2.9&l=mi&e=-------10--1----0-all Local and General
  3. https://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-Cyc06Cycl-t1-body1-d1-d21-d1.html#name-416780-mention Fookes, Ernest Faber