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Ernest Fookes

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Ernest Fookes
Birth nameErnest Faber Fookes
Date of birth(1874-05-31)31 May 1874
Place of birthWaverley, New Zealand
Date of death3 March 1948(1948-03-03) (aged 73)
Place of deathNew Plymouth, New Zealand
Height5 ft 8+12 in (174 cm)
Weight11 st 10 lb (164 lb; 74 kg)
SchoolHeath Grammar School
UniversityOwen's College, Manchester
Rugby union career
Position(s) wing
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
Sowerby Bridge RFC
Barbarian F.C.
Yorkshire
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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

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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

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  • 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

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  1. ^ Ernest Fookes 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]