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Rugby player
Jimmy Ross
Birth nameJames Ross
Date of birth(1880-02-15)15 February 1880
Place of birthRutherford, Roxburghshire, Scotland
Date of death31 October 1914(1914-10-31) (aged 34)
Place of deathMesen, Belgium
Rugby union career
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
1901-03 London Scottish ()
Provincial / State sides
Years Team Apps (Points)
1901 Provinces District ()
1901 Anglo-Scots ()
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1901–03 Scotland 5
Military career
Allegiance United Kingdom
Years of service1914
Battles / warsMessines

Jimmy Ross (15 February 1880 – 31 October 1914) was a Scotland international rugby union player.

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

He played for London Scottish FC which he had captained in 1901-02 and 1904–05.

Provincial career

He played for Provinces District on 12 January 1901.

He played for Anglo-Scots against South of Scotland District on 25 December 1901.

International career

He was capped for Scotland five times between 1901 and 1903.

International appearances

Opposition Score Result Date Venue Ref(s)
 Wales 18–0 Win 9 February 1901 Inverleith
 Ireland 9–5 Win 23 February 1901 Inverleith
 England 3–18 Win 9 March 1901 Blackheath
 Wales 14–5 Lost 1 February 1902 Cardiff
 England 6–10 Win 21 March 1903 Richmond

Military service

He was one of the first Scottish rugby internationalists to die in the First World War, and fell at Messines.

Family

His brother Edward Ross, also gained a single cap in 1904.

See also

References

  1. "James Ross". ESPN scrum.
  2. ^ Bath, Richard (2007). The Scotland Rugby Miscellany. Vision Sports Publishing Ltd. p. 137. ISBN 978-1-905326-24-2.
  3. "An entire team wiped out by the Great War".
  4. https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001876/19010114/044/0003 – via British Newspaper Archive. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000452/19011225/056/0003 – via British Newspaper Archive. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. "Scotland v Wales at Inverleith". ESPN scrum.
  7. "Scotland v Ireland at Inverleith". ESPN scrum.
  8. "England v Scotland at Blackheath". ESPN scrum.
  9. "Wales v Scotland at Cardiff". ESPN scrum.
  10. "England v Scotland at Richmond". ESPN scrum.
  11. McCrery, Nigel (2014). Into Touch: Rugby Internationals Killed in the Great War. Pen and Sword. p. 196. ISBN 978-1473831797.

External links

Scottish rugby players killed in World War I


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