Scotland
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international
rugby union
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Rugby Union career
Amateur career
He played for
Edinburgh Academicals
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; and Aberdeen Rangers. He was staying in Old Machar, Aberdeenshire in 1881 census.
Blues Trial
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side against
Whites Trial
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in February 1878, again classed as an Edinburgh Accies player.
International career
He was capped three times for
Scotland
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between 1878 and 1879.
Academic career
Irvine joined the British Geological Survey on 1 May 1868. He worked in south-west Scotland:- the Mull of Galloway, Wigtown and Stranraer.
He resigned from the BGS on 10 July 1882.
He moved to Canada, where he continued to be a surveyor; noted as staying at 224 Beacon Hill in Victoria City, British Columbia, in 1898.
Family
His parents were Alexander Robertson Irvine and Sophia Jane Stewart Robertson. He married Sally Green in Victoria, Canada in 1900. He was the older brother of Bulldog Irvine, who was also capped for Scotland, including the first ever rugby international.Bath, p4
He is buried in Ross Bay Cemetery in Victoria, Canada.