Charles Finlayson
Personal information
Full nameCharles Gordon Finlayson
Born9 August 1889
Napier, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand
Died9 July 1943(1943-07-09) (aged 53)
Ōtāhuhu, Auckland, New Zealand
Playing information
PositionFullback
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1912–14 Petone 16 6 2 0 22
1915 Hutt 4 1 3 0 9
Total 20 7 5 0 31
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1912–13 Wellington 3 1 0 0 3
1913–15 Wellington Trials 5
1913 New Zealand 1 0 0 0 0
1915 Hutt Valley 2 1 0 0 3

Charles Gordon Finlayson (9 August 1889 – 9 July 1943) was a New Zealand sportsman who represented New Zealand at both rugby league and cricket.

Rugby league career

Finlayson was a Fullback and represented Wellington in 1912 and 1913. He was selected for the New Zealand side for the second match against New South Wales in 1913, becoming Kiwi number 100. The New Zealanders lost 58-19 and Finlayson, along with the other two debutants in the match, never played for NZ again after the loss. Finlayson was injured during the match and left the field early in the second half.[1] He joined the newly formed Petone club in 1912 after switching from rugby union. In 1914 he joined the Hutt club but only played 4 matches for them before the team withdrew from the competition due to the enlistment of many players in the war effort. He also played 2 matches for a Hutt Valley team against Wellington City sides.

Cricket career

Personal information
NicknameRanji
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingLeft-arm medium
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1909/10–1920/21Wellington
1929/30–1930/31Auckland
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 7
Runs scored 225
Batting average 18.75
100s/50s 0/1
Top score 51
Balls bowled 746
Wickets 9
Bowling average 43.11
5 wickets in innings 0
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 4/121
Catches/stumpings 2/–
Source: CricketArchive, 5 November 2022

Finlayson made his debut for Wellington on 26 March 1910 against Hawke's Bay. He went on to play three other first class matches for Wellington, including one against Australia in 1921. On 24 March 1928 Finlayson played for New Zealand against Australia at Eden Park.[2] Because New Zealand did not have Test status at the time the three-day match only has first-class status. Finlayson later played two first class games for Auckland, once against the touring Marylebone Cricket Club and once against Wellington in a 1931 Plunket Shield match.

He was employed by the railways in New Zealand. Although he was prominent in Wellington club cricket he played no representative cricket for Wellington after 1921, maintaining that as players were unpaid, he could not afford the time off work. He was selected for New Zealand in 1927-28 purely on the basis of his club form for Petone, having taken in that season 63 wickets at an average of 10.4 and attained a batting average of 51.75.[3]

Personal life

He and his wife Olive had five sons, two of whom predeceased him.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Coffey and Wood The Kiwis: 100 Years of International Rugby League ISBN 1-86971-090-8. p.51.
  2. ↑ New Zealand v Australia in 1927/28 Cricket Archive
  3. ↑ Auckland Star, 20 March 1928, p. 15.
  4. ↑ "Deaths". The New Zealand Herald: 1. 12 July 1943.
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