John Scott (cricketer, born 1841)

Sir John Scott

John Scott (4 June 1841 – 1 March 1904) was an English judge, and a cricketer active from 1861 to 1863 who played for Oxford University.

Scott was born in Wigan and died in Norwood, Surrey. He appeared in four first-class matches as a left-handed fast bowler.^[1] His batting hand is unknown. He scored four runs with a highest score of 2 and took 11 wickets with a best performance of five in one innings.^[2]

Scott graduated from Pembroke College, Oxford, became a lawyer and practised in the north of England, but after his health declined in 1872 he moved to Egypt where he practised at the British Consular Court; he was knighted for his work there in 1894, and retired back to England through ill-health in 1898.^[1]

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