Samuel Ross Mursell Fielder (7 January 1926 – 24 January 1995) was an Australian

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footballer who played in the 1940s and 1950s. After returning from war service with the

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, Fielder joined the

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club via the Bexley junior club in 1948. He played front row and second row during his grade career at Saints, often coming up from Reserve Grade whenever injuries occurred to the first grade team. Ross Fielder retired after the

1951 NSWRFL season The 1951 New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership was the forty-fourth season of Sydney’s top-level rugby league competition, Australia’s first. Ten teams from across the city competed for the newly created J. J. Giltinan Shield du ...

. Fielder died on 24 January 1995 at

Sylvania Waters, New South Wales Sylvania Waters is a suburb in southern Sydney located in the state of New South Wales, Australia, south of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of Sutherland Shire. History Politician Thomas Holt (1811–1888) ...

aged 69.Sydney Morning Herald: Death Notice (26/1/1991)

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