| Charlie Finlason | |
| Country: | South Africa |
| Birth Date: | 19 February 1860 |
| Birth Place: | Camberwell, Surrey, England |
| Death Date: | 31 July 1917 (aged 57) |
| Death Place: | Surbiton, Surrey, England |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Bowling: | Right-arm off-break |
| Club1: | Transvaal (now Gauteng) |
| Year1: | 1890 |
| Club2: | Griqualand West (or Kimberley) |
| Year2: | 1890–1891 |
| International: | true |
| Onetest: | true |
| Testdebutagainst: | England |
| Testdebutdate: | 12 March |
| Testdebutyear: | 1889 |
| Testcap: | 2 |
| Columns: | 2 |
| Column1: | Test |
| Matches1: | 1 |
| Runs1: | 6 |
| Bat Avg1: | 3.00 |
| 100S/50S1: | 0/0 |
| Top Score1: | 6 |
| Deliveries1: | 12 |
| Wickets1: | 0 |
| Bowl Avg1: | n/a |
| Fivefor1: | 0 |
| Tenfor1: | 0 |
| Best Bowling1: | 0/7 |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 0/– |
| Column2: | FC |
| Matches2: | 5 |
| Runs2: | 213 |
| Bat Avg2: | 26.62 |
| 100S/50S2: | 1/0 |
| Top Score2: | 154* |
| Deliveries2: | 694 |
| Wickets2: | 14 |
| Bowl Avg2: | 20.50 |
| Fivefor2: | 0 |
| Tenfor2: | 0 |
| Best Bowling2: | 4/37 |
| Catches/Stumpings2: | 2/– |
| Source: | https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/0/117/117.html CricketArchive |
| Date: | 27 December |
| Year: | 2014 |
Charles Edward Finlason (19 February 1860 – 31 July 1917) played a single match of Test cricket for the South African national side, against England in March 1889.
Finlason was born in Camberwell, London, and died in Surbiton, London. He played first-class cricket in South Africa for Griqualand West (also known as Kimberley at the time) and Transvaal between 1888 and 1891. In 1889, he played a single Test match for South Africa against England, scoring six runs across two innings and failing to take a wicket.[1] [2]
In April 1891, Finlason recorded his single first-class century, for Griqualand West against the Transvaal in the second season of the Currie Cup. The match, at the Wanderers ground in Johannesburg, was designated "timeless", and finished with a Griqualand West victory after six days of play spread over a week. Finlason scored 154 not out in Griqualand West's second innings. He featured in a 95-run tenth-wicket partnership with Alfred Cooper, who finished with 41 runs.[3] As of December 2014, this remains a record for the last wicket for Griqualand West.[4]
Later, Finlason described an expedition as a newspaperman to Salisbury, Rhodesia by ox-drawn cart in his 1893 book A Nobody in Mashonaland.
. World Cricketers: A Biographical Dictionary . Christopher Martin-Jenkins . 1996 . . Oxford . 978-0192100054 .