Arthur Finlay was a

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rugby union player.Bath, p. 136 He was capped once for in 1875. He also played for

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. He was the brother of

James Finlay James Finlay (8 April 1852 – 25 January 1930) was a Scotland international rugby union Rugby union football, commonly known simply as rugby union in English-speaking countries and rugby 15/XV in non-English-speaking world, Anglophon ...

and

Ninian Finlay Ninian Jamieson Finlay (31 January 1858 – 7 March 1936Godwin, p147) was an international rugby player for Scotland.Bath, p136 He played nine caps for between 1875 – 1881. He is generally considered to be the youngest player ever to play fo ...

who were also capped for Scotland, James in the first ever international.Bath, p. 4 They all appeared together once in 1875, in the 0–0 draw against at

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: James winning the last of his four caps, while Arthur and Ninian gained their first caps.Bath, p. 52

References

* Bath, Richard (ed.) ''The Scotland Rugby Miscellany'' (Vision Sports Publishing Ltd, 2007 ) Year of birth missing Year of death missing Edinburgh Academicals rugby union players Edinburgh District (rugby union) players Scotland international rugby union players Scottish rugby union players {{Scotland-rugbyunion-bio-1850s-stub