Horace William Finlinson

Horace William Finlinson (9 June 1871 – 31 October 1956) was an England rugby international.[1]

Horace William Finlinson
Birth nameHorace William Finlinson
Date of birth9 June 1871
Place of birthBedford, England
Date of death31 October 1956
Place of deathBedford, England
SchoolBedford Modern School
Rugby union career
Position(s) Forward
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
Bedford RUFC
Blackheath F.C.
Barbarians FC		 ()
National team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
1895  England 3

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
  1. "Horace Finlinson - Rugby Union - Players and Officials - ESPN Scrum". ESPN scrum. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
  2. "Genealogy, Family Trees & Family History Records at Ancestry.co.uk". ancestry.co.uk. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
  3. The Harpur Trust 1552-1973 by Joyce Godber 1973
  4. 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.
  5. 1911 England Census
  6. N. Roy (ed.), '100 Years of the Blues-The Centenary History of Bedford RUFC', (Bedford, 1986), p. 127.
  7. Obituary in The Eagle, Magazine of Bedford Modern School, Vol.XXXI(I) No.233, Christmas 1956
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