Stephen Finney

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Stephen Finney
Date of birth(1852-09-08)8 September 1852
Place of birth Marylebone, London, England
Date of death1 March 1924(1924-03-01) (aged 71)
Place of death(registered in) Kensington
School Clifton College
University Royal Indian Engineering College
Rugby union career
Position(s) Halfback
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
RIE College RFC ()
– Calcutta ()
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1872–1873 England 2

Sir Stephen Finney CIE (8 September 1852 – 1 March 1924) was a rugby union international who represented England from 1872 to 1873. [1]

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Early life

Stephen Finney was born on 8 September 1852 in Marylebone. [1] He was educated at Clifton College [2] and the Royal Indian Engineering College, Cooper's Hill. [3] As well as rugby, Finney also played cricket at Clifton and was said to have been one of the school's finest players. [4]

Rugby union career

Finney played his rugby in the 1870s in a newly found club close to his working area Crewe Britannia which was short lived, closing in the 1880s. Currently in that area from 1922 is the present Crewe & Nantwich RUFC. Before his days at Crewe Finney made his international debut on 5 February 1872 at The Oval in the England vs Scotland match. [1] Of the two matches he played for his national side he was on the winning side on one occasions. [1] He played his final match for England on 3 March 1873 at Hamilton Crescent, Glasgow in the Scotland vs England match. [1] Of his prowess on the rugby field it was written after his death that "among those qualified to judge he is considered to have had no superior as a fearless and determined halfback". [4] He also appeared with Calcutta FC, oldest rugby and football club in Asia. [5]

Career

Finney entered the service of the Indian Public Works Department in 1874 and served as assistant and district engineer for four years. He then joined the administrative branch of the Railway Department and stayed there until 1891. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Stephen Finney Profile". scrum.com. Archived from the original on 22 October 2012. Retrieved 15 March 2011.
  2. ↑ "Clifton College Register" Muirhead, J.A.O. p19: Bristol; J.W Arrowsmith for Old Cliftonian Society; April, 1948
  3. 1 2 Edmund Burke, The Annual register of world events: a review of the year, Volume 166, p119, Longmans, Green, 1925
  4. 1 2 Baily's Magazine of Sports & Pastimes, p237, Volume 121, 1924
  5. ↑ "The Calcutta Cup: the legacy of a club that died" (PDF). Scottish Rugby Union. London. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 September 2015. Retrieved 25 March 2015.


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