Duncan Irvine

Duncan Irvine was a Scotland international rugby union player.

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

He played for Edinburgh Academicals; and Aberdeen Rangers.

He played for East of Scotland District against Edinburgh District in January 1887. His brother Bulldog Irvine played for Edinburgh; Duncan was deemed a Aberdeen Rangers player.

He played for the Blues Trial side against Whites Trial in February 1878, again classed as an Edinburgh Accies player.

International career

He was capped three times for Scotland 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.

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,

He is buried in Ross Bay Cemetery in Victoria, Canada.