Frank Sholl Scott (9 January 1886 – ESPN, n.d.) was an

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n-born English

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player and medical practitioner. A son, E. K. (Edward) Scott, represented England in both rugby and cricket. A winger, Frank Sholl Scott was selected for the English rugby team while playing for

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in 1906. His sole game for England was against Wales, at Swansea, on 12 January 1907. Born in

Perth, Western Australia Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. It is the fourth most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of 2.1 million (80% of the state) living in Greater Perth in 2020. Perth is ...

, Scott was the son of Penelope Fanny Scott, née Sholl and Edward Scott, an English-born medical practitioner and member of the

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. Penelope Scott was a member of a family prominent in Western Australia including her father, R. J. Sholl (a

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) and brothers:

Horace Sholl Horatio William "Horace" Sholl (8 April 1851 – 8 November 1927) was an Australian pastoralist and politician in Western Australia. He served in the Legislative Council for a brief period in 1888, and was later a member of the Legislative A ...

, R.F. Sholl (both entrepreneurs and politicians), Richard Sholl (postmaster-general), and Trevarton Sholl (an explorer). Frank Sholl Scott attended

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(1894–1901), before studying medicine at

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and

Bristol University , mottoeng = earningpromotes one's innate power (from Horace, ''Ode 4.4'') , established = 1595 – Merchant Venturers School1876 – University College, Bristol1909 – received royal charter , type ...

.Scadding 2014 In 1909–11, Scott practised as a doctor at

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and was an Honorary Magistrate (a term used at the time for Justices of the Peace). He returned to England and later lived and practised medicine at

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. During the

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, Frank Sholl Scott served in the

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, with the rank of Lieutenant.War Department, n.d.

Footnotes

Bibliography

* ESPN (no date)
Frank Scott ENGLAND
* ''The Northam Advertiser'' (newspaper; Western Australia) * Alan Scadding, 2014,
Index of Old Epsomian Biographies between 1890 and 1914; Doctors: GPs, Consultants and the Most Eminent
' (Available from: Epsom College website.) * War Office (no date)
card of Scott, Frank Sholl
(National Archives, ref. WO 372/17/197681.) 1886 births 1952 deaths 20th-century British medical doctors Alumni of the University of Bristol Alumni of University College London Australian expatriate rugby union players British Army personnel of World War I Cornwall RFU players England international rugby union players English people of Australian descent English rugby union players Expatriate rugby union players in England People educated at Epsom College Rugby union players from Perth, Western Australia Royal Army Medical Corps officers Australian expatriate sportspeople in England {{England-rugbyunion-bio-stub