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Finlay Kennedy
Finlay Kennedy (23 January 1892 – 8 March 1925) was a Scotland international rugby union footballer. He played as a Prop.[1] Rugby Union careerAmateur careerKennedy played for Stewart's College FP.[2] He captained the side for season 1913–14.[3] Provincial careerKennedy played in the inter-City match between Glasgow District and Edinburgh District on 3 December 1910. Edinburgh ran out victors with a 26-5 scoreline.[4] International careerKennedy was capped for Scotland 5 times, all after the First World War. He scored 13 points for Scotland; and - unusually for a prop - all points came from kicks.[5] On 5 November 1932, some years after Kennedy's death, the Edinburgh Evening News said this of Stewarts College F.P. and Finlay Kennedy:
Military careerHe was a Sergeant in the Lovat Scouts in the First World War.[6][7] He was awarded the DCM.[8] Outside of rugby unionKennedy became a Stockbroker's Clerk, then a hotel manager running the Barnton Hotel in Cramond Bridge. He died at the hotel. He left £521 in his estate. His brother Angus was his next of kin.[9] Initial reports stated that Kennedy was 'laid to rest in the family place of sepulture at Roy Bridge, Inverness-shire'.[6] However a bigger funeral was evidently called for. Kennedy was buried at the Dean Cemetery in Edinburgh.[8] Alfred Lawrie represented the SRU at the funeral; and it was well attended by a number of Edinburgh rugby union clubs.[10] References
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