Early Years and Cricket Career
Born in Hobart, Ring moved to Victoria as a child, and attended Melbourne High School. After playing schoolboy cricket, he played the final matches of the 1935–36 season with the first grade side at Prahran. He batted right-handed and bowled right-arm leg breaks. He topped the Victorian Cricket Association's second-grade bowling averages and joined the Richmond first grade team.
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