Roy Scott
Roy Hamilton Scott (6 May 1917 – 5 August 2005) was a New Zealand cricketer who played in one Test in 1947.
 The New Zealand Test team, Christchurch, March 1947. Roy Scott is second from the left in the middle row, between Bert Sutcliffe and Colin Snedden. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Roy Hamilton Scott | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 6 May 1917 Clyde, Otago, New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 5 August 2005 (aged 88) Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium-pace | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Only Test (cap 41) | 21 March 1947 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1940-41 to 1954–55 | Canterbury | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Cricket career
Scott was a middle-order right-handed batsman and a medium-pace bowler who played first-class cricket for Canterbury from 1940–41 to 1954–55.[1] He had a good Plunket Shield season in 1946–47, making 86 against Otago and 85 against Auckland and taking 6 for 99 against Wellington in the three matches.[2]
His single Test came at the end of that season when New Zealand played one Test against England led by Wally Hammond. The match was ruined by rain; Scott scored 18 batting at number eight and, opening the bowling with Jack Cowie, took one wicket, that of Bill Edrich.[3]
He was picked for the trial match for the 1949 New Zealand tour of England but, despite top-scoring in the New Zealand XI's second innings and taking four wickets,[4] he was not picked for the tour, and retired after the match, re-emerging for one more first-class match in 1953-54 and a final one in 1954–55.
See also
References
- Wisden 2007, p. 1571.
- "Plunket Shield 1946-47". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
- "Only Test, England tour of New Zealand at Christchurch, Mar 21-25 1947". Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
- "New Zealand XI v The Rest 1948-49". CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 April 2020.