Jack Fincher (footballer)

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

Jack Fincher
Personal information
Full name John Alexander Fincher
Date of birth 27 November 1904
Place of birth Lauriston, Victoria
Date of death 4 October 1970(1970-10-04) (aged 65)
Place of death Mount Beauty, Victoria
Original team(s) Castlemaine[1]
Height 168 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Weight 72 kg (159 lb)
Position(s) Rover
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1927–1930 Richmond 069 (54)
1931–1933 Footscray 036 (24)
Total 105 (78)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1933.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

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. 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]

Footnotes
  1. "32 Permits". Sporting Globe. Melbourne, Vic.: National Library of Australia. 27 April 1927. p. 8. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
  2. Deaths: Fincher, The Age, (Monday, 8 June 1959), p.12.
  3. Deaths: Fincher, The Argus, (Wednesday, 4 January 1956), p.11.
  4. Deaths: Fincher, The Age, (Monday, 5 October 1970, p.17.

References
  • Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.
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