THE MYSTERY OF CHARLIE ROSS

It took a trans-Tasman hunt through the archives to finally reveal the identity of Australia’s 59th rugby league international.

INTRODUCING Charles MacIntosNTRODUCING MacIntosh Ross – Australian Rugby League’s most obscure, elusive player. For over a century Ross was an anonymous figure in the history books, a player who made his only appearance for Australia in an international match against a touring New Zealand Maori team in 1909. Most players who have risen to international status have been featured in newspapers where the stories of their careers are told in detail, but Ross was a notable exception. The facts surrounding ‘C. Ross ’ were that he was a forward, playing with the North Brisbane club in the first year of Brisbane’s club competition and, after representing Queensland against the Maori, he was propelled into the Australian team to face them in Brisbane. It wasn’t until 2004 that the Australian players who figured in…

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Official Rugby League Annual (Digital) - 1 Issue, 2016 Edition

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