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Fred Finch
Fred Finch
	Finch in May 1925
Personal information
Full name	Frederick John Finch
Nickname(s)	Snowy
Date of birth	6 October 1895
Place of birth	Brunswick, Victoria
Date of death	18 April 1952 (aged 56)
Place of death	Prahran, Victoria
Original team(s)	Burwood Football Club
Debut	Round 1, 1925, Hawthorn vs. Richmond, at Glenferrie Oval
Height	183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	84 kg (185 lb)
Position(s)	centre
Playing career1
Years	Club
1922–1924	Hawthorn (VFA)
1925–1927	Hawthorn
	1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1927.
Career highlights
	Hawthorn best all rounder: 1925;
	Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Frederick John Finch (6 October 1895 – 18 April 1952) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL).^[2]

Early life

The son of George Fagan and Ellen Berry, Frederick John Finch was born at Brunswick on 6 October 1895.

Fred Finch enlisted to serve in World War I in late 1914 and served until the end of the war.^[3]

Cricket

Finch was an accomplished cricketer and played for Northcote Cricket Club in the Victorian District cricket competition from 1920 to 1922. He was a fast bowler and took a hat-trick against Fitzroy in the 1920–21 season.^[4]

Football

After a stint with Burwood Football Club, Finch joined Hawthorn at the start of the 1922 season when Hawthorn was in the Victorian Football Association.^[5] He earned the nickname "Snowy" from his very fair hair and had a reputation for never missing a night's training. He played mostly in the centre, and won Hawthorn Football Club's best all-round player in their first season of VFL football.^[6]^[7] From 1927 to 1929 he played predominantly in the Hawthorn reserves team before retiring to football administration roles within the club.

Later life

In 1924 Finch married Dulcie May Jones (née Stokes) and they lived in Glen Iris, Victoria with her two children from her first marriage.

Fred Finch died in 1952 at the age of 56.^[8]

Honours and achievements

Individual

Hawthorn best all rounder: 1925
Hawthorn life member

References

^ Gordon, Harry & Michael. One For All: the story of the Hawthorn Football Club. p. 377. ISBN 978-1-921332-83-8.
^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
^ "Frederick Finch – Discovering Anzacs". National Archives of Australia. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
^ "HAT-TRICKS IN DISTRICT CRICKET" (PDF). Cricket Victoria.
^ "GEELONG'S FIRST GAME". The Argus. Melbourne. 8 May 1922. p. 7 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "Peter Crimmins Medal Winners". Hawthorn Football Club.
^ "HAWTHORN". The Age. Melbourne. 16 February 1926. p. 7 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "Family Notices". The Argus. 19 April 1952. p. 16.