Ross Gore was one of eight children – four sons and four daughters – of Richard Benjamin Gore, who was curator of the Colonial Museum in Wellington, Government Meteorological Observer and Statistician, and Secretary to the Geological Survey Department, the New Zealand Institute and the Wellington Philosophical Society.

[4] He played one match of first-class cricket as a batsman for Wellington in December 1896, but was not successful.

[8][9] He was appointed secretary of Royal Sydney Golf Club in 1907, and remained in the position until his death in 1925.

[10] He represented New South Wales in the Australian Men's Interstate Teams Matches at Royal Adelaide in 1923.

[13] He died at his home, "Te Puke", in Kent Road in the Sydney suburb of Rose Bay, after a long illness.