Ross came to South Sydney when he joined the Army. Ross as resident of St George, but dropped to reserve grade invoked the soldiers rule and joined South Sydney in 1942 when he joined the forces in January. After being graded by South Sydney in 1942, he made his senior grade debut in the 1942 Round 1 Reserve Grade clash against Eastern Suburbs at the Sports Ground. A month later he was called up into to make his first grade club and premiership debut in the 1942 Round 5 clash against Balmain at the Sports Ground.
Ross had good pace and is resolute runner on the wing, and a resolute tackler.
Ross played 1 season with South Sydney in 1942. He played 2 first grade club and pemiership games for South Sydney. Overall he played 14 senior grade club and premiership career games for South Sydney.
Ross played his final first grade club and premiership game in the 1942 Round 8 clash against Eastern Suburbs at the Sports Ground. He would play the rest of the year in Reserve Grade playing his final senior grade club and premiership game in the 1942 Reserve Grade Minor Semi-Final against North Sydney at the Sydney Cricket Ground.
Playing - Height / Weight
5ft 6in /
Representative Qualification
NSW City
Date of Birth
Sydney - 29th October 1917 (Died - 1998)
Previous Clubs First Grade
M T G FG Pt
St George (1938-41) 5 2 - - 16
Playing Career at South Sydney (1942)
South Sydney First Grade Debut
1942 May 30 Rd05 SSG v Balmain (24y 213d)
First Grade
Premiership : City Cup : Tour
M S R T G/A FG Pts : M S R T G/A FG Pts : M S R T G/A FG Pts
1942 2 2 - - - - - : - - - - - - - : - - - - - - -
TOTAL 2 2 - - - - - : - - - - - - - : - - - - - - -
SS FG 2 2 - - - - -
South Sydney Senior Grade Debut
1942 May 2 Rd01 SSG v Eastern Suburbs (Reserve Grade)
Lower Grades
Reserve Grade : Third Grade
Year M S R T G/A FG Pts : M S R T G/A FG Pts
1942 12 12 - 2 - - 6 : - - - - - - -
TOTAL 12 12 - 2 - - 6 : - - - - - - -
South Sydney Senior(FG/RG/3G) Grade Career
Premiership : Cup : All Matches
M S R T G/A FG Pts : M S R T G/A FG Pts : M S R T G/A FG Pts
CAREER 14 14 - 2 - - 6 : - - - - - - - : 14 14 - 2 - - 6
Captaincy Record at South Sydney
never
Suspension Record at South Sydney
Year Grade v Wk CHARGE never
Representative Honours at South Sydney
Domestic CvC / Interstate : Tourists : Other
M S R T G/A FG Pts : M S R T G/A FG Pts : M S R T G/A FG Pts
Rest of NSW II 1942 : : 1 1 - - - - -
TOTAL 1 1 - - - - -
International
none
ALL REPS 1 1 - - - - -
Year Pos Team Versus Match T G/A FG
1942 SRow The Forces II v Rest of NSW II - - -
After Leaving South Sydney
In 1944 Ross was caught up in a residential qualification situation known as the "Ross Case". Ross as long term resident of St George, had transfered to South Sydney under the soldiers rule. But after not being graded by South Sydney and the fact that he could not play juniors, he trialled with St George and was graded. But the NSWRL qualifications committee said he would have to play with South Sydney. Howevere he was not graded by South Sydney, thus he was restricted to only playing in Army matches in 1944.
Subsequent Clubs First Grade
M T G FG Pt
Military Service (1942-46) Army Private 55th Dental Unit
Army Showground (1944)
St George (1944) Cup-Tie
St George (1945) 10 2 - - 6
St George (1946) Trialed
Subsequent Rep Honours M T G FG Pt
Army II (1944) 1 - - - -
Fighting Services II (1945) 1 - - - -
First Class Playing Career (1938-45)
M T G FG Pts
Total FG Premiership 17 4 - - 12
Total FG Cup - - - - -
Total FG Club Tour - - - - -
Total Internationals - - - - -
Total State - - - - -
Total Other Representative 3 - - - -
TOTAL FIRST CLASS 18 4 - - 12
Ref - Wiki / SMH 16 Jun 1944 p7 / SGJ / RLP / NAA-214701 / FN-46
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