Ernest Fookes

Ernest Fookes
Full name Ernest Faber Fookes
Date of birth 31 May 1874(1874-05-31)
Place of birth Waverley, New Zealand
Date of death 3 March 1948(1948-03-03) (aged 73)
Place of death New Plymouth, New Zealand
Height 5 ft 8½ in
Weight 11 st 10 lb.
School Heath Grammar School
University Owen's College, Manchester
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position wing
Amateur clubs
Years Club / team
Sowerby Bridge RFC
Barbarian F.C.
Yorkshire
National team(s)
Years Club / team Caps (points)
1896–1899  England 10 (15)

Dr. Ernest Faber Fookes (31 May 1874 – 3 March 1948)[1] was an 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, Sydney, Kenneth and Ernestine.[4]

Bibliography

References

  1. ^ Arthur Rotherham player profile Scrum.com
  2. ^ Local and General Wanganui Chronicle, Rōrahi XXIX, Putanga 12287, 3 Hakihea 1897, Page 2
  3. ^ Fookes, Ernest Faber The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Taranaki, Hawke's Bay & Wellington Provincial Districts]
  4. ^ Person Page – 13067 The Peerage