Alf Bucher

Alfred "Alf" Moore Bucher (22 March 1874 – 20 August 1939) was a Scottish international rugby union wing who played club rugby for Edinburgh Academicals. Bucher played international rugby for Scotland and was selected for the British Isles team on its 1899 tour of Australia.

Personal history Bucher was born in Leith, in 1874 to Francis Bucher and Grace Webster Smith. Bucher served in the First World War and was a 2nd Lieutenant in the City of Edinburgh Motor Volunteer Corps.

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

Bucher came to note as a rugby player while representing Scottish club side, Edinburgh Academicals. It was while with the Academicals that he was selected to win his one and only cap for the Scottish national team.

Provincial career

He was capped by Edinburgh District in 1898. and was part of the British Isles team in the First Test against Australia, played in Sydney. After the tourists lost the First Test, captain Matthew Mullineux made several team changes, and Bucher was replaced by H.G.S. Gray, a trialist who normally played as a forward. Despite a comprehensive win in the Second Test, Gray was dropped for the Third Test and Bucher was back on the wing, this time partnered opposite Elliot Nicholson. Bucher scored two tries in the game, which proved decisive as the British won by a narrow 11-10 margin. Bucher retained his place for the Final Test, and scored his third international try of the tour in as 13–0 win over the Australians.