John Scott (rugby union, born 1935)

John Scott

Full name	John Stanley Marshall Scott
Date of birth	(1935-01-23)23 January 1935
Place of birth	Birkenhead, England
Date of death	13 January 2020(2020-01-13) (aged 84)
Place of death	Kensington, England
School	Radley College
University	Corpus Christi, Oxford
Rugby union career
Position(s) Fullback International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1958 England 1 (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.

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. He won a County Championship with Cheshire in 1960 and continued to play rugby for his regular club Harlequins until 1968.

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.

See also

• List of England national rugby union players

External links

• John Scott at ESPNscrum