Osmund Scott

{{short description|English cricketer and golfer}}

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| name = Osmund Scott

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1876|3|24|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Wareham, Dorset

| death_date = {{death date and age|1948|9|9|1876|3|24|df=yes}}

| death_place = Marylebone, London

| batting = Right-handed

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| club1 = Gloucestershire

| year1 = 1905

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| date = 30 March 2014

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/20631.html Cricinfo

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The Hon. Osmund Scott (24 March 1876 – 9 September 1948) was an English cricketer. He played for Gloucestershire in 1905.{{Cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/20631.html |title=Osmund Scott |accessdate=30 March 2014 |publisher=ESPNcricinfo}} Scott was also a golfer; he was runner-up in the 1905 Amateur Championship.{{cite journal |journal=Golf |publisher=USGA |date=July 1906 |page=29 |volume=XIX |issue=1 |title=The Amateur Championship of Great Britain |url=http://www.usgamuseum.com/researchers/usga_segl/ |access-date=2 June 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141205235942/http://www.usgamuseum.com/researchers/usga_segl/ |archive-date=5 December 2014 |url-status=dead }}

Osmund Scott was the son of John Scott, 3rd Earl of Eldon, and the fifth of seven children. He attended Winchester College. Among his siblings were Lady Margaret Scott, an early women's golf champion, and Michael Scott, who won the Amateur Championship in 1933. He married Mary Cecilia Stuart, and had seven children of his own.

Scott served in World War I between 1916 and 1918 with the Royal Army Service Corps.