Graham Findlay

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Graham Findlay
BornDavid Graham Findlay
(1864-11-10)10 November 1864
Glasgow, Scotland
Died5 December 1924(1924-12-05) (aged 60)
Glasgow, Scotland
SchoolKelvinside Academy
Notable relative(s)Crawford Findlay, brother
Rugby union career
Position Forward
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
- West of Scotland
Provincial / State sides
Years Team Apps (Points)
1886 Glasgow District
Refereeing career
Years Competition Apps
1894- Scottish Districts
1896 Home Nations
– Scottish Unofficial Championship
23rd President of the Scottish Rugby Union
In office
1896–1897
Preceded byBill Maclagan
Succeeded byRobert Rainie

Graham Findlay (10 November 1864 – 5 December 1924) was a Scottish rugby union player. He later became an international referee and was the 23rd President of the Scottish Rugby Union.[1]

Rugby Union career

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Amateur career

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Findlay played for West of Scotland.[2] He was still playing for the club in 1888 when he turned out for West of Scotland against Hawick and Wilton.[2]

Provincial career

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Findlay played for Glasgow District in their match against North of Scotland District on 2 January 1886.[2]

Referee career

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He refereed the inter-city match between Glasgow District and Edinburgh District in December 1894.[3]

He refereed the Yorkshire versus Lancashire county match on 23 November 1895.[4]

Findlay refereed the international matches between England and Wales on 4 January 1896;[5] and England and Ireland on 1 February 1896.[6][7]

He also refereed in the Scottish Unofficial Championship.[8]

Administrative career

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Findlay was the Honorary Secretary at West of Scotland in 1893 and remained so for the rest of his life.[9][10]

He was Vice-President of the Scottish Rugby Union in 1896. He organised a charity rugby union versus association football match when his selected side of Rugby Rovers met Queen's Park. The charity was the Langside Dorcas society.[11]

Findlay became the 23rd President of the Scottish Rugby Union. He served the 1896–97 term in office.[12]

Cricket career

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Findlay played cricket for the West of Scotland Cricket Club.[13] He also helped the Earl of Eglington XI run his invitational matches at Eglinton Castle, and he played as a wicket keeper for the Eglinton Castle Cricket Club side throughout the 1890s.[14]

Outside of rugby and cricket

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Findlay was a wine and spirit broker.[15]

He died of pneumonia at the age of 60.[10]

References

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