Birth name | Francis Hugh Fox | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 12 June 1863 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Wellington, Somerset, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 28 May 1952 | (aged 88)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Taunton, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Francis Hugh Fox (12 June 1863 – 28 May 1952)[1] was an English rugby union forward who played club rugby for Wellington and the Marlborough Nomads and international rugby for England. In 1890 Fox became one of the original members of the Barbarians Football Club.
Rugby career
[edit]Fox first came to note as a rugby player when he represented Wellington RFC, a team club from his home town in Somerset. He lived at Tone Dale House, Wellington, Somerset.
Bibliography
[edit]- 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
[edit]- ^ Francis Fox player profile Scrum.com