Ernest Fookes

Birth name	Ernest Faber Fookes
Date of birth	(1874-05-31)31 May 1874
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 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
Position(s) wing Amateur team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) Sowerby Bridge RFC Barbarian F.C. Yorkshire () International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1896–1899  England 10 (15)

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.

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