Alfred Scott (New Zealand cricketer)

{{short description|New Zealand cricketer}}

{{Short description|An international rugby league player for New Zealand}}

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{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Alfred Scott

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| fullname = Alfred Henry Scott

| birth_date = {{birth date|1901|10|28|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Auckland, New Zealand

| death_date = {{death date and age|1984|1|5|1901|10|28|df=yes}}

| death_place = Auckland, New Zealand

| family = {{ubl|Verdun Scott (brother)|Len Scott (cousin)}}

| batting = Right-handed

| bowling =

| role =Wicket-keeper

| date = 20 June

| year = 2016

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/38463.html ESPNcricinfo

}}

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|club1 = North Shore Albions

|year1start = 1919

|year1end = 31

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|tries1 = 33

|goals1 = 75

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|points1 = 249

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|yearAstart = 1922

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Alfred Henry Scott (28 October 1901 – 5 January 1984) was a New Zealand cricketer. He played three first-class matches for Auckland between 1925 and 1928.{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/38463.html |title=Alfred Scott |accessdate=20 June 2016 |publisher=ESPNcricinfo}}{{Cite web |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/22/22827/22827.html |title=Alfred Scott |accessdate=20 June 2016 |publisher=CricketArchive}}

Born at Auckland in 1901,McCarron A (2010) New Zealand Cricketers 1863/64–2010, p. 118. Cardiff: The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. {{isbn|978 1 905138 98 2}} ([https://archive.acscricket.com/cricketers_series/new_zealand_cricketers_1863-64_2010/index.html Available online] at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 5 June 2023.) Scott played club cricket for the North Shore and Akarana clubs.Cricket matters, New Zealand Herald, volume LXIII, issue 19493, 24 November 1926, p. 15. ([https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19261124.2.177 Available online] at Papers Past. Retrieved 14 May 2025.) He made his representative debut for Auckland in a January 1926 Plunket Shield match against Canterbury at Eden Park. The following January he played against Wellington at the Basin Reserve, before making his final first-class appearance in January 1928 against Canterbury. In his three matches he scored a total of 30 runs and took two wickets.

Scott also played rugby league for North Shore Albions from 1919 to 1931, and represented Auckland. His debut was against South Auckland (Waikato) at Steele Park in Hamilton on 2 October 1922.{{cite news

| title =South Auckland Win/Fast and Open League Play/Auckland Thirteen Defeated/28-16 at the Close

| page = 6

| work = Waikato Times| volume=96| issue=15056

| date = 1922-10-02

| url =https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WT19221002.2.66

| accessdate = 2020-03-11}} His brother was New Zealand rugby league and Test cricketer Verdun Scott, while his cousin Len Scott represented New Zealand at rugby league.

Scott died at Auckland in January 1984. He was aged 82.