DEATH OF ALL BLACK.
J. G. IRVINE, LOCK IN 1914 TEAM
(By Telegraph—Special to "Star.") DUNEDIN, this day. The death lias occurred at Queenstown of John G. Irvine, well-known Rnjtby player, who was a member of the New Zealand team that toured Australia in 1014. and who was popularly known as "Sal." Irvine wae a fine type of forward and a very capable lock. He represented Otago 21 times. In 1914 he played for the South in an inter-Island game at Wellington -and gained his All Black jersey the same year, playing with the New Zealand team that won all ten games in the Commonwealth.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 141, 17 June 1939, Page 12
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