James Ross (rugby union)

Jimmy Ross (15 February 1880 – 31 October 1914) was a Scotland international rugby union player.[1][2]

For other uses, see James Ross.

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

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

He played for London Scottish FC[2] which he had captained in 1901-02 and 1904–05.[3]

Provincial career

He played for Provinces District on 12 January 1901.[4]

He played for Anglo-Scots against South of Scotland District on 25 December 1901.[5]

International career

He was capped for Scotland five times between 1901 and 1903.[2]

International appearances
OppositionScoreResultDateVenue Ref(s)
 Wales18–0Win9 February 1901Inverleith[6]
 Ireland9–5Win23 February 1901Inverleith[7]
 England3–18Win9 March 1901Blackheath[8]
 Wales14–5Lost1 February 1902Cardiff[9]
 England6–10Win21 March 1903Richmond[10]

Military service

He was one of the first Scottish rugby internationalists to die in the First World War, and fell at Messines.[11]

Family

His brother Edward Ross, also gained a single cap in 1904.[2]

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.
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