Alfred Fell

Alfred Nolan Fell MB ChB (born Nelson, New Zealand, 17 January 1878 – 20 April 1953) was an international rugby union player for Scotland as a member of Edinburgh University RFC.

Personal history

Fell was born at Nelson on 17 January 1878, the son of Nelson Mayor and painter, Charles Fell. He was educated at Nelson College (1887–1896), a school his grandfather, Alfred Fell, helped found in 1856. British politician, Sir Arthur Fell was his uncle.

He married Marion White in 1908 and had four sons and one daughter. One of his sons, Lieutenant Walton Fell, Royal Army Medical Corp, died of wounds in North Africa on 13 November 1942.

Fell was also a keen yachtsman, a passion developed in his youth at Nelson. Fell died at his home at Church Street North, Colchester on 19 April 1953 aged 75.

Rugby career

Fell was a noted sportsperson, playing in his college's 1st 11 and 1st 15 (1894–1896). He was a champion 'miler' of the Scottish Universities (1901–1902) and Edinburgh University from 1901 to 1903.