Iain Ross

Iain Ross
BornIain Anderson Ross
(1928-12-15)15 December 1928
Glasgow, Scotland
Died11 June 2024(2024-06-11) (aged 95)
Rugby union career
Position Scrum half
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
Hillhead HSFP
Provincial / State sides
Years Team Apps (Points)
Glasgow District
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1951 Scotland 4 (0)

Iain Anderson Ross (15 December 1928 – 11 June 2024) was a Scotland international rugby union player. Ross played as a scrum half.

Rugby career

Amateur career

Ross played for Hillhead HSFP.

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.

Ross also played in the Scottish Inter-District Championship. He played in the 1954–55 season's match against North and Midlands and in the same season's Inter-City match against Edinburgh District.

International career

Ross was capped for Scotland four times in 1951, playing in all four Five Nations matches of that year.

Outside of rugby

Ross was in the Services before his rugby career.

Ross often went angling with fellow former Hillhead HSFP player Allan Cameron.

Ross died on 11 June 2024, at the age of 95.

References

  1. ↑ The Essential History of Rugby Union: Scotland. Nick Oswald and John Griffiths.
  2. 1 2 "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search".
  3. ↑ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search".
  4. ↑ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search".
  5. ↑ "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Iain Ross - Test matches".
  6. ↑ "Allan Cameron".
  7. ↑ "Obituary: Iain Ross". Scottish Rugby. 11 June 2024. Retrieved 5 February 2025.