Henry Scott (cricketer)
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Henry Scott was an English
cricket
er who played first-class cricket
for Somerset
in 1882. He was born and died at Sutton-in-Ashfield
, Nottinghamshire
.
A lower-order right-handed batsman and a right-arm off-spin bowler, Scott played for Somerset in non-first-class matches from 1879, but appeared in only two first-class games when the county club gained first-class status in 1882. He took two Lancashire
wickets for 49 runs in 45 (four-ball) overs in Somerset's first-ever first-class match, but those were the only wickets of his first-class career.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
er who played first-class cricket
First-class cricket
First-class cricket is a class of cricket that consists of matches of three or more days' scheduled duration, that are between two sides of eleven players and are officially adjudged first-class by virtue of the standard of the competing teams...
for Somerset
Somerset County Cricket Club
Somerset County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Somerset...
in 1882. He was born and died at Sutton-in-Ashfield
Sutton-in-Ashfield
Sutton-in-Ashfield is a market town in the Ashfield district of Nottinghamshire, England, with a population of around 43,000. It is situated four miles west of Mansfield, close to the Derbyshire border.-Geography:...
, Nottinghamshire
Nottinghamshire
Nottinghamshire is a county in the East Midlands of England, bordering South Yorkshire to the north-west, Lincolnshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south, and Derbyshire to the west...
.
A lower-order right-handed batsman and a right-arm off-spin bowler, Scott played for Somerset in non-first-class matches from 1879, but appeared in only two first-class games when the county club gained first-class status in 1882. He took two Lancashire
Lancashire County Cricket Club
Lancashire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Lancashire in cricket's County Championship. The club was founded in 1864 as a successor to Manchester Cricket Club and has played at Old Trafford since then...
wickets for 49 runs in 45 (four-ball) overs in Somerset's first-ever first-class match, but those were the only wickets of his first-class career.