Ernest Fookes
Dr. Ernest Faber Fookes was a New Zealand-born rugby union wing who was capped for the England national team on ten occasions between 1896 and 1899.Born in Waverley, Taranaki, New Zealand, Fookes travelled to England at the age of 15 where he received his college education before gaining his qualifications as a medical doctor in 1899. He married Winifred Laura Capel in 1905 and they had three children, Sydney, Kenneth and Ernestine.
