[2] His grandnephew, Jason Lowrie, also represented New Zealand in rugby league.
In 1928 he was living at 66 Beresford Street and working as a chamber hand.
Lowrie played for the Ponsonby club in the Auckland Rugby League competition.
[citation needed] In 1922 Lowrie toured Australia, with the New Zealand Māori rugby league team.
[5] He qualified for the Māori side through his grandmother Mere Tipona, who married his grandfather Samuel George Kennedy Lowrie.