Edward Keith Scott (14 June 1918 – 3 June 1995) was an English sportsman who played

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and represented the England national rugby union team.

Early life

Keith Scott was born in Truro, Cornwall and attended

Clifton College ''The spirit nourishes within'' , established = 160 years ago , closed = , type = Public schoolIndependent boarding and day school , religion = Christian , president = , head_label = Head of College , hea ...

, near to Clifton where his grandfather the politician Edward Scott had settled on returning to England from Australia to practise medicine. Scott's father,

Frank Sholl Scott Frank Sholl Scott (9 January 1886 – ESPN, n.d.) was an Australian-born English rugby union player and medical practitioner. A son, Edward Scott (sportsman), E. K. (Edward) Scott, represented England in both rugby and cricket. A Rugby union pos ...

, practised medicine in Cornwall, just as Scott's grandfather had done. Thus it was that Edward Keith Scott followed in this tradition and after attending Clifton went on to Lincoln College, Oxford, to read medicine and then continued his training at St Mary's Hospital, London.

Rugby career

Scott played rugby at Clifton RFC and went on to represent both

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and St Mary's Hospital RFC, both leading rugby sides of that time. His father,

, had represented England at rugby union in 1907 and Edward was to follow in his father's footsteps. He was first capped during the 1947 Five Nations Championship, in a win over Wales. A year later he made his captaincy debut when he led England in a Test against Australia at Twickenham, which the tourists won the 11 points. The Cornish centre got another three caps in the 1948 Five Nations but lost the two which he captained.

Cricket career

Scott, a leg-break bowler, took 12 wickets at 37.00 in his nine first-class matches. He was in the Clifton College XI for 5 years from 1933 to 1937 and took 244 wickets, a record that still stands today. He played

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cricket for

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from 1936 to 1954. He appeared a couple of times in first-class matches for

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in 1937 but had only one scalp to show for it, the

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batsman Sidney Martin being out hit wicket. Scott then played five matches with

in 1938, taking eight wickets. He made two further first-class cricket appearances once his international rugby career was over: his efforts at Cornwall got him selected in a match for the Minor Counties in 1949 and he also played for the

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against Canada in 1951.

References

External links

Cricinfo: Edward Scott
{{DEFAULTSORT:Scott, Edward 1918 births 1995 deaths Alumni of Lincoln College, Oxford Cornish rugby union players Cornwall cricketers England international rugby union players English cricketers English rugby union players Gloucestershire cricketers Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers Minor Counties cricketers Oxford University cricketers Oxford University RFC players People educated at Clifton College Rugby union players from Truro Rugby union centres