Iain Ross
| Birth name | Iain A. Ross | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 15 December 1928 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Glasgow, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Iain Ross (born 15 December 1928) is a former Scotland international rugby union player. Ross played as a scrum half.
Rugby career
Amateur career
Ross played for Hillhead HSFP.[1]
Provincial career
Ross played for Glasgow District in the 1950 Inter-City match against Edinburgh District. The Herald picked out Ross, J. A. Fergusson and J.C. Dawson as Glasgow's best players in an 11 - 3 victory.[2]
Ross also played in the Scottish Inter-District Championship. He played in the 1954–55 season's match against North and Midlands[3] and in the same season's Inter-City match against Edinburgh District.[4]
International career
Ross was capped for Scotland four times in 1951, playing in all four Five Nations matches of that year.[5]
Outside of rugby
Ross was in the Services before his rugby career.[2]
Ross often went angling with fellow former Hillhead HSFP player Allan Cameron.[6]
References
- ^ The Essential History of Rugby Union: Scotland. Nick Oswald and John Griffiths.
- ^ a b "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search".
- ^ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search".
- ^ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search".
- ^ "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Iain Ross - Test matches".
- ^ "Allan Cameron".