Jack Fincher (footballer) explained

Jack Fincher
Fullname:John Alexander Fincher
Birth Date:27 November 1904
Birth Place:Lauriston, Victoria
Death Place:Mount Beauty, Victoria
Originalteam:Castlemaine[1]
Height:168 cm
Weight:72 kg
Position:Rover
Statsend:1933
Years1:1927–1930
Club1:Richmond
Games Goals1:69 (54)
Years2:1931–1933
Club2:Footscray
Games Goals2:36 (24)
Games Goalstotal:105 (78)

John Alexander Fincher (27 November 1904 – 4 October 1970) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Richmond and Footscray in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Family

One of the nine children (six boys and three girls) of George Francis Fincher (1865–1959),[2] and Margaret Lawrence Fincher (c.1866–1956), née Nicoll,[3] John Alexander Fincher was born in Lauriston, Victoria on 27 November 1904.

His elder brother Charlie played at South Melbourne, and was killed in the very first landings at Gallipoli on 25 April 1915.

Football

Fincher was unlucky not to play in a premiership side while at Richmond, appearing in three successive losing Grand Finals from 1927, his debut season. He kicked Richmond's only goal in the rain-affected 1927 grand final. As a rover, he kicked 23 goals in 1928. He crossed to Footscray in 1931, a year before Richmond broke through for their premiership.

Death

He died at Mount Beauty, Victoria on 4 October 1970.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. News: 32 Permits. . Sporting Globe . Melbourne . 27 April 1927 . 12 June 2015 . 8 . National Library of Australia.
  2. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ZtBVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=uL0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=5881%2C1187718 Deaths: Fincher
  3. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article72528517 Deaths: Fincher
  4. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=GuFUAAAAIBAJ&sjid=s5ADAAAAIBAJ&pg=7429%2C995821 Deaths: Fincher