James Finlay (8 April 1852 â 25 January 1930) was a Scotland international rugby union player.
Finlay played for .
Finlay was capped for Edinburgh District, playing in the very first inter-city match in 1872; and captained the side in 1874.
Finlay was capped four times for between 1871 and 1875, including the first ever international. He also played for Edinburgh Academicals.
He was the brother of Arthur Finlay and Ninian Finlay who were also capped for Scotland. They all appeared together once in 1875, in the 0âÂÂ0 draw against at Raeburn Place: James winning the last of his four caps, while Arthur and Ninian gained their first caps.