| James Scott | |
| Birth Date: | 1895 |
| Birth Place: | Airdrie, Scotland |
| Death Date: | 1 |
| Death Place: | near Ovillers-la-Boisselle, France |
| Position: | Forward |
| Youthclubs1: | Craigton Thistle |
| Years1: | –1913 |
| Clubs1: | Petershill |
| Years2: | 1913–1915 |
| Clubs2: | Raith Rovers |
| Caps2: | 59 |
| Goals2: | 23 |
| Nationalyears1: | 1916 |
| Nationalteam1: | Scotland (wartime) |
| Nationalcaps1: | 1 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 1 |
James Scott (1895 – 1 July 1916) was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a forward in the Scottish League for Raith Rovers.[1] He scored on his only appearance for Scotland in a wartime international in 1916, during the First World War.[2] He was described as "an all-round forward" and "the most consistent goalscorer Raith have ever had".
Scott was born in Airdrie to James Scott and Annabella Bennett.[3] He attended Airdrie Academy and later became an apprentice wire rope maker with the Caledonian Wire Rope Company.[4] On 4 April 1915, Scott married Catherine Reekie and they had one child, James. Scott served as a private in McCrae's Battalion of the Royal Scots during the First World War. On the first day of the Somme, he was hit in the stomach and neck by machine gun fire and killed during an attack on Ovillers-la-Boisselle.[5] [6] Scott is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.
| Season | League | Scottish Cup | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Raith Rovers | 1913–14[7] | Scottish First Division | 28 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 12 | |
| 1914–15 | 31 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 11 | |||
| Career total | 59 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 61 | 23 | |||