Edward MacIlwaine

Edward Hart MacIlwaine was an Irish international rugby union player.

Biography

MacIlwaine was born in Belfast and learned his rugby as a pupil at the Royal Belfast Academical Institution.
A forward, MacIlwaine joined Belfast club North of Ireland after leaving school and made the first XV within a year. He earned Ulster representative honours and was selected by Ireland in 1895 for their match against Scotland at Edinburgh. Named first reserve, MacIlwaine won his debut cap when Edmund Forrest was forced to withdraw. He kept his place for their following Home Nations fixture in Cardiff. His brother, John MacIlwaine, was later capped for Ireland.
MacIlwaine was a naval architect by profession.