Bucher played international rugby for Scotland and was selected for the British Isles team on its 1899 tour of Australia.
[2] Bucher served in the First World War and was a 2nd Lieutenant in the City of Edinburgh Motor Volunteer Corps.
[3] Bucher came to note as a rugby player while representing Scottish club side, Edinburgh Academicals.
[4] Bucher was chosen for the final game of the 1897 Home Nations Championship, an encounter against England at Fallowfield in Manchester.
Bucher was brought in at wing as a replacement for George Campbell, and was joined at threequarters with fellow Academical player Alec Robertson, who was also winning his first cap.