Charles Scott (rugby union)
| Full name | Charles Tillard Scott | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 26 August 1877 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Wimbledon, Surrey, England | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 6 November 1965 (aged 88) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Market Harborough, Leicestershire, England | ||||||||||||||||
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Charles Tillard Scott (26 August 1877 – 6 November 1965) was an English international rugby union player.
Born in Wimbledon, Scott was the son of Anglican priest Avison Scott and attended Tonbridge School, where he performed well both academically and in sport. He was head boy at science, played first XI cricket, first XV rugby and was a victor ludorum for both athletics and swimming.[1]
Scott took up a scholarship to Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, with athletics and rugby his main varsity sports. He captained Cambridge University RFC and was capped four times as a forward for England. As a Blackheath player, Scott won a County Championship playing for Kent. He also played Minor Counties cricket for Cambridgeshire.[2]
A doctor by profession, Scott was a house physician at London Hospital until 1907, when he set up a private practice in Market Harborough. He retired from medicine in 1956.[1]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "Death of Dr. C. T. Scott At Harboro'". Leicester Mercury. 8 November 1965.
- ^ "C. T. Scott (Cambridge University)". Gloucester Citizen. 6 January 1900.
External links
[edit]- Charles Scott at ESPNscrum
- 1877 births
- 1965 deaths
- English rugby union players
- England international rugby union players
- Rugby union forwards
- Rugby union players from the London Borough of Merton
- People from Wimbledon, London
- Kent County RFU players
- Blackheath F.C. players
- Cambridge University R.U.F.C. players
- Alumni of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge
- People educated at Tonbridge School