Michael David Scott (born 14 November 1933) is an English former first-class

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. Scott was born at Marylebone in November 1933. He was educated at Winchester College, before going up to

Worcester College, Oxford Worcester College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. The college was founded in 1714 by the benefaction of Sir Thomas Cookes, 2nd Baronet (1648–1701) of Norgrove, Worcestershire, whose coat of arms w ...

. While studying at Oxford he made his debut in first-class cricket for Oxford University against Yorkshire at Oxford in 1956. He appeared in six first-class matches for the university in 1956, before making a further fourteen appearances in 1957. Playing as a wicket-keeper, Scott scored 495 runs at an average of 15.96, with a high score of 52. Behind the

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he took 24 catches and made 11 stumpings. He later played

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for Wiltshire, making three appearances in the 1959

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. He made a final appearance in first-class cricket in 1963, when he played for the Marylebone Cricket Club against Oxford University at

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Scott, Michael 1933 births Living people Cricketers from Marylebone People educated at Winchester College Alumni of Worcester College, Oxford English cricketers Oxford University cricketers Wiltshire cricketers Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers