John Scott (rugby union, born 1935) explained

John Scott
Full Name:John Stanley Marshall Scott
Birth Date:23 January 1935
Birth Place:Birkenhead, England
Death Place:Kensington, England
School:Radley College
University:Corpus Christi, Oxford
Position:Fullback
Repyears1:1958
Repcaps1:1
Reppoints1:0

John Stanley Marshall Scott (23 January 1935 – 13 January 2020) was an English international rugby union player.

Born in Birkenhead, Scott was a Senior Prefect at Radley College and captained the 1st XV, then after school was posted to Malaya on national service. He undertook studies in jurisprudence at Corpus Christi, Oxford, on his return to England. A three-time Oxford blue, Scott toured the Far East with a combined Oxford and Cambridge side.[1]

Scott gained an England cap in 1958, replacing Jim Hetherington as fullback for the side's third Five Nations match, against France at Colombes. England had a convincing win, but Scott was considered to have underperformed and lost his place to Fenwick Allison for the final fixture.[2] He won a County Championship with Cheshire in 1960 and continued to play rugby for his regular club Harlequins until 1968.[1]

A property developer by profession, Scott amassed a significant fine arts collection, valued at £8M, which he donated to the Jackfield Tile and V&A museums in his later years.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. News: John Scott obituary . . 18 March 2020 . en.
  2. News: Allison Back For England . . 3 March 1958.
  3. News: Collector gives life's work to Ironbridge's Jackfield Tile Museum . . 23 October 2014 . en.