Ernest Fookes
Appearance
Birth name | Ernest Faber Fookes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 31 May 1874 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Waverley, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 3 March 1948 | (aged 73)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of death | New Plymouth, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 8+1⁄2 in (174 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 11 st 10 lb (164 lb; 74 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Heath Grammar School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
University | Owen's College, Manchester | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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
- Griffiths, John (1987). The Phoenix Book of International Rugby Records. London: Phoenix House. ISBN 0-460-07003-7.
- Jenkins, Vivian (1981). Rothmans Rugby Yearbook 1981–82. Aylesbury: Rothmans Publications Ltd. ISBN 0-907574-05-X.
References
- ^ Ernest Fookes player profile Scrum.com
- ^ Local and General Wanganui Chronicle, Rōrahi XXIX, Putanga 12287, 3 Hakihea 1897, Page 2
- ^ Fookes, Ernest Faber The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Taranaki, Hawke's Bay & Wellington Provincial Districts]