Mark Stephen Scott (born 10 March 1959 in Muswell Hill,

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er who played

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for

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in the early 1980s. Scott appeared on a number of occasions for the Second XIs of

and

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between 1977 and 1980 before moving to Worcestershire, for whom he made his first-class debut in June 1981 against

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. Opening the batting, Scott made 46 and 52, and retained his place for much of the rest of the season thanks to some solid scores including what was to prove his only first-class century, 109 against

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in mid-July. He finished the 1981 season with 968 first-class runs at 26.08, including that hundred and six further half-centuries though his one-day form was less impressive as his top score was only 42. Scott began the 1982 season fairly well established in the Worcestershire side, but a succession of low scores saw him play only occasionally from mid-season onwards. In 1983 he forced his way back into the first team, but again did poorly, making a pair against

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in July in what turned out to be his penultimate first-class match (he made 23 and 21 in his last, against

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in late August). Scott left Worcestershire for

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in 1984, and remained for 1985 as well, but never played a first-team game for that county and after a year out of county cricket he returned to New Road in 1987 to begin an unusual final chapter of his Worcestershire career. He never played first-team cricket for the county again, but for six seasons he captained the Second XI, often coming in at the bottom of the

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despite his batting ability. Against

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II in 1991 he made 2 from number 11 in the first innings, then when Worcestershire followed on he opened the batting and hit 181! He amassed 61

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s from 94 innings during these years in the seconds. In 1993 Scott was part of the victorious

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team which beat local rivals West Bromwich Dartmouth in the final of the Abbot Ale National Club Championship at

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, and six years later he made one final List A appearance for the Worcestershire Cricket Board XI against Hampshire Cricket Board in the NatWest Trophy. Scott is one of very few Level 4 cricket coaches in the world and is now coaching the Gresham's School First XI cricket team in Holt, a small town in Norfolk, England. He took the First XI on a tour to Barbados (#YOBO) for their pre-season in his first week with the team and that turned out to be a successful tour, in which Frankie Sutton failed to score a 100.

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