Horace William Finlinson (9 June 1871 – 31 October 1956) was an England rugby international.[1]
Life
Horace William Finlinson was born in Bedford, England on 9 June 1871.[2] He was educated at Bedford Modern School where his father was headmaster.[3]
Finlinson’s test debut was against Wales at Swansea on 5 January 1895. He played two further internationals that season against Scotland and Ireland.[1] He played his club rugby for Blackheath FC (76 matches 1892-98), and Bedford RUFC (38 matches 1891-1906). He also played for the Barbarians FC.[4] He later became a schoolmaster at Lancing College.[5] On his retirement he returned to Bedford and served as the club's President from 1933-1945.[6]
Aside from rugby, Finlinson's main hobby was natural history and he was for many years associated with the Ornithologists' Union and the Zoological Society.[7] Finlinson died in Bedford on 31 October 1956.[2]
References
- ^ a b "Horace Finlinson - Rugby Union - Players and Officials - ESPN Scrum". ESPN scrum. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
- ^ a b "Genealogy, Family Trees & Family History Records at Ancestry.co.uk". ancestry.co.uk. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
- ^ The Harpur Trust 1552-1973 by Joyce Godber 1973
- ^ McGowan, Phil (15 October 2015). One of Us: England's Greatest Rugby Players. Amberley Publishing Limited. ISBN 9781445651033. Retrieved 29 January 2019 – via Google Books.
- ^ 1911 England Census
- ^ N. Roy (ed.), '100 Years of the Blues-The Centenary History of Bedford RUFC', (Bedford, 1986), p. 127.
- ^ Obituary in The Eagle, Magazine of Bedford Modern School, Vol.XXXI(I) No.233, Christmas 1956