Ramsey is noted as being one of the first 'Rhondda forwards', impact players selected by the Welsh Rugby Union to not only take, but also hand out physical abuse.
[3] Although born in Scotland, Ramsey moved to the Rhondda Valley in Wales where he became a collier[4] during the industrial growth of the area in the late Victorian period.
Ramsey was brought in to replace Jim Hannan in an aging Welsh pack, under the captaincy of Arthur Gould.
Surprisingly, Ramsey was reselected eight years later for his second and final game, another encounter with England, this time as part of the 1904 Home Nations Championship.
Ramsey was a temporary replacement for one of the most notable 'Rhondda forwards', Dai 'Tarw' Jones, another collier, who played club rugby for Treherbert.