Tommy Scott (cricketer)

Tommy Scott
Personal information
Full name Oscar Charles Scott
Born 14 August 1892
Kingston, Jamaica
Died 15 June 1961 (aged 68)
Kingston, Jamaica
Batting style Right-handed
Bowling style Leg break
Relations Alfred Scott (son)
International information
National side
Test debut 21 July 1928 v England
Last Test 27 February 1931 v Australia
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1910–1935 Jamaica
Career statistics
Competition Tests First-class
Matches 8 45
Runs scored 171 1,317
Batting average 17.10 24.38
100s/50s 0/0 0/9
Top score 35 94
Balls bowled 1,405 9,706
Wickets 22 182
Bowling average 42.04 30.52
5 wickets in innings 1 14
10 wickets in match 0 5
Best bowling 5/266 8/67
Catches/stumpings 0/– 14/–
Source: Cricket Archive, 26 October 2010

Oscar Charles (Tommy) Scott (4 August 1892 – 15 June 1961) was a West Indian cricketer who played in West Indies' inaugural Test tour of England in 1928.

Scott was born in Franklyn Town, Kingston, Jamaica. He played in eight Tests for the West Indies, and all five in the Australian tour of 1930-31. Scott holds the unenviable record for conceding the most runs by any bowler in a single Test match. His match figures of 9 for 374, against England at Kingston in 1929-1930, included his first innings bowling analysis of 80.2 overs, 13 maidens, 266 runs for 5 wickets, as England amassed 849 in a Timeless Test. The latter-day Australian bowler, Jason Krejza went for a slightly more miserly 358 in the Fourth Test between Australia and India in 2008/9.[1]

Scott died in Kingston at the age of sixty eight.

References

  1. Frindall, Bill (2009). Ask Bearders. BBC Books. pp. 128–129. ISBN 978-1-84607-880-4.

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