Dr. Finlay Dr. Finlay Dr. Finlay is a fictional character, the hero of a series of stories by Scottish author A. J. Cronin. First appearing in Cronin's novella entitled "Country Doctor" and in several subsequent short stories published in "Hearst's International Combined with Cosmopolitan" magazine from 1935 through 1939, Dr. Finlay Hylsop is a general physician beginning his practice in the fictional Scottish town of Levenford. One of the later short stories would take him to the lochside village of Tannochbrae. In these stories, he was charming and became well-acquainted with his patients over many years. It was thus his trademark to
Ninian Finlay later played for Edinburgh Academicals RFC, and Edinburgh University RFC. The first historian of Scottish rugby, R.J. Phillips, says of Ninian Finlay, "there never was such glamour and reputation attached to any Scottish player till A.R. Don Wauchope reached the zenith of his powers." In later life he was a Writer to the Signet. Ninian was the brother of James Finlay, who was capped four times for Scotland (1871–75), Arthur Finlay, who received a single cap (1875), and Robert Finlay, 1st Viscount Finlay. In the 1875, 0-0 draw with at Raeburn Place, all three brothers played, with James winning his