James F. Finlay was a Scottish

Scotland

Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...

 rugby union player.

He was capped four times for between 1871–75, including the first ever international. He also played for Edinburgh Academicals.

He was the brother of Arthur Finlay

Arthur Finlay

Arthur Finlay was a Scottish rugby union player.He was capped once for in 1875. He also played for Edinburgh Academicals.He was the brother of James Finlay and Ninian Finlay who were also capped for Scotland, James in the first ever international...

 and Ninian Finlay

Ninian Finlay

Ninian Jamieson Finlay was a Scottish international rugby players. He was capped nine times for between 1875-81, and is generally considered to be the youngest player ever to be capped for - he was seventeen years and thirty six days old when he was capped against on 8th March, 1875...

 who were also capped for Scotland. They all appeared together once in 1875, in the 0-0 draw against at Raeburn Place

Raeburn Place

Raeburn Place is the main street of Stockbridge, Edinburgh, and the name of the playing fields there.-Rugby:The first international rugby football game was played on the playing fields at Raeburn Place on 27 March 1871 between England and Scotland. It was won by Scotland, though England got revenge...

: James winning the last of his four caps, while Arthur and Ninian gained their first caps.