| Barry Scott | |
| Fullname: | Robert Barrington Scott |
| Birth Date: | 9 October 1916 |
| Birth Place: | Melbourne, Australia |
| Death Place: | Melbourne, Australia |
| Batting: | Left-handed |
| Bowling: | Right-arm fast |
| Club1: | Victoria |
| Year1: | 1935-36 to 1939-40 |
| Club2: | New South Wales |
| Year2: | 1940-41 |
| Columns: | 1 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 22 |
| Runs1: | 318 |
| Bat Avg1: | 13.82 |
| 100S/50S1: | 0/0 |
| Top Score1: | 49 |
| Deliveries1: | 4374 |
| Wickets1: | 59 |
| Bowl Avg1: | 36.22 |
| Fivefor1: | 3 |
| Tenfor1: | 1 |
| Best Bowling1: | 7/33 |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 9/– |
| Date: | 30 October 2019 |
| Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia/content/player/7583.html Cricinfo |
Robert Barrington "Barry" Scott (9 October 1916 - 6 April 1984) was an Australian cricketer. He played first-class cricket for Victoria between 1935 and 1940 and for New South Wales in 1940-41.[1] [2]
A tall, powerfully built right-arm fast bowler and hard-hitting left-handed lower-order batsman,[3] [4] Scott's best season was 1938-39, when he took 23 wickets at an average of 22.39, including figures of 7 for 33 and 5 for 46 when Victoria beat New South Wales in a Sheffield Shield match in Sydney.[5] At the end of the 1939-40 season he was selected to open the bowling for The Rest against New South Wales.[6] He was considered one of Australia's most promising young fast bowlers immediately before World War II.[7] [3]
He had a vigorous run-up and peculiar bowling action. The Cricketers Australian correspondent noted in early 1939: "He has a whirlwind arm action; just before delivery his left elbow points skyward while the right hand begins its sweep from the region of the left armpit, the general effect being heightened by a lock of black hair which flops, Hitler fashion, across his brow."[8]
Scott was educated at Wesley College and at Melbourne University, where he studied Arts and Law.[9] He married Yvonne Evans in Melbourne in May 1940.[10]
He served in the Army in World War II as a private.[11] After the war he became a prominent advertising executive in Melbourne.[3] In the early 1950s he was an assistant trade commissioner in New York.[12]