Clark Steven Scarff (born 19 November 1948) is a former Australian

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er who played four first-class matches for

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. From

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, Scarff made his first-class debut in a

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match against Victoria in February 1970, the last match of the 1969–70 season. Batting third behind

Derek Chadwick Derek Chadwick (born 21 March 1941) is an Australian former sportsman, playing both first-class cricket with Western Australia and Australian rules football for East Perth in the Western Australian Football League (WAFL). Chadwick was a right- ...

and Terry Prindiville, he scored a half-century—67 runs—on debut, featuring in a 131-run

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with Chadwick for the second wicket. Scarff's three other first-class matches came early in the following Sheffield Shield season. Elevated to the

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position with Chadwick, he failed to score heavily, and did not play at state level again. At

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level, Scarff played for Melville, and served as the club's

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for the 1974–75 season. After retiring from playing, he worked for a time as a financial planner, and later moved to Geraldton, where he opened a management training and consulting firm.Small Business Improvement in Regional Australia
– Newfield Institute. Retrieved 13 December 2012.

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