| Birth name | James Fairbairn Finlay | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 8 April 1852 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Edinburgh, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 25 January 1930 (aged 77) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Guildford, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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James Finlay (1852-1930) was a Scotland international rugby union player. [1] [2]
Finlay played for Edinburgh Academicals .
Finlay was capped for Edinburgh District, playing in the very first inter-city match in 1872; and captained the side in 1874.
He was capped four times for Scotland between 1871 and 1875, [1] [3] including the first ever international. [4] He also played for Edinburgh Academicals. [1]
He was the brother of Arthur Finlay and Ninian Finlay who were also capped for Scotland. [1] They all appeared together once in 1875, in the 0–0 draw against England at Raeburn Place: James winning the last of his four caps, while Arthur and Ninian gained their first caps. [5]
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