Christopher John Scott (born 16 September 1959) is an English former

cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...

er active from 1975 to 1982 who played for

Lancashire Lancashire ( , ; abbreviated Lancs) is the name of a historic county, ceremonial county, and non-metropolitan county in North West England. The boundaries of these three areas differ significantly. The non-metropolitan county of Lancashi ...

. He was born in

Swinton, Greater Manchester Swinton is a town in the City of Salford in Greater Manchester, England. southwest of the River Irwell, northwest of Manchester city centre, adjoining the town of Pendlebury and suburb of Clifton, Greater Manchester, Clifton. In 2014, it ha ...

. He appeared in 46

first-class matches First-class cricket, along with List A cricket and Twenty20 cricket, is one of the highest-standard forms of cricket. A first-class match is one of three or more days' scheduled duration between two sides of eleven players each and is officiall ...

as a lefthanded

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and

wicketkeeper The wicket-keeper in the sport of cricket is the player on the fielding side who stands behind the wicket or stumps being watchful of the batsman and ready to take a catch, stump the batsman out and run out a batsman when occasion arises. Th ...

. He scored 262 runs with a highest score of 27 * and held 94 catches with 10 stumpings.Chris Scott at CricketArchive
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1959 births English cricketers Lancashire cricketers Living people People from Swinton, Greater Manchester Cricketers from Greater Manchester Sportspeople from the City of Salford {{england-cricket-bio-1950s-stub