About Harry Irvine
Lived 1875 – 1943 (aged 68). Harry Irvine was a military personnel and rugby union player.
Henry Augustus Stewart Irvine (24 March 1875 – 8 August 1943) was an Irish international rugby union player.
Born in Belfast, Irvine was the son of Canon Richard Irvine and attended Methodist College Belfast.
Irvine served as a lieutenant in the Northern Ireland Yeomanry during the Second Boer War, where he was involved in the sieges of Ladysmith and Maffeking. While in South Africa, Irvine played rugby for Griqualand West, featuring against the touring British Lions. He played for Collegians when he returned to Belfast on sick leave and was capped for Ireland against Scotland at Inverleith in 1901, kicking a conversion for his side in a losing cause. A second cap eluded him as he had to return to the war. He ended up settling in Transvaal, working for their Department of Native Affairs.
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rugby player
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Harry Irvine was born on 24 March 1875.
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Harry Irvine died on 8 August 1943.
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Harry Irvine was a military personnel and rugby union player.
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