| Graham Findlay | |||||||||||
| Birth Name: | David Graham Findlay | ||||||||||
| Birth Date: | 10 November 1864 | ||||||||||
| Birth Place: | Glasgow, Scotland | ||||||||||
| Death Place: | Glasgow, Scotland | ||||||||||
| Ru Position: | Forward | ||||||||||
| Amatyears1: | - | ||||||||||
| Amatteam1: | West of Scotland | ||||||||||
| Provinceyears1: | 1886 | ||||||||||
| Province1: | Glasgow District | ||||||||||
| Refereeyears1: | 1894- | ||||||||||
| Refereeyears2: | 1896 | ||||||||||
| Refereecomps1: | Scottish Districts | ||||||||||
| Refereecomps2: | Home Nations | ||||||||||
| Refereecomps3: | Scottish Unofficial Championship | ||||||||||
| Relatives: | Crawford Findlay, brother | ||||||||||
| School: | Kelvinside Academy | ||||||||||
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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]
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]
Findlay played for Glasgow District in their match against North of Scotland District on 2 January 1886.[2]
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]
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]
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]
Findlay was a wine and spirit broker.[15]
He died of pnemonia at the age of 60.[10]