Richard John Scott (born 2 November 1963) is an English cricket coach and retired

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er. He was born at

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(then in

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, now

Dorset Dorset ( ; Archaism, archaically: Dorsetshire , ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South West England. It is bordered by Somerset to the north-west, Wiltshire to the north and the north-east, Hampshire to the east, t ...

). He represented Dorset, Hampshire and Gloucestershire before coaching Dorset and

Middlesex Middlesex (; abbreviation: Middx) is a Historic counties of England, former county in South East England, now mainly within Greater London. Its boundaries largely followed three rivers: the River Thames, Thames in the south, the River Lea, Le ...

(2009–2018).

Biography

Scott was a left-handed

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and a right-arm

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pace bowler. He started his playing career at

, playing for them in the

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. In 1983 he made his

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for the county against

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. At the end of the 1985 Minor Counties season Scott left Dorset to join

. Scott made his one-day debut in the 1986 County Championship for the club. Over the next two seasons he was used for one-day cricket, but in 1988 he made his first-class debut against

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. Scott spent next five seasons at the club, representing it in 27 first-class and 38 one-day matches. At the end of the 1990 County Championship season Scott left the club and signed for

Gloucestershire Gloucestershire ( , ; abbreviated Glos.) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South West England. It is bordered by Herefordshire to the north-west, Worcestershire to the north, Warwickshire to the north-east, Oxfordshire ...

for the 1991 season. Scott made his debut for Gloucestershire in the 1991 County Championship. He made his debut for the club in first-class cricket against

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and in one-day cricket against

. Scott would spend three seasons with Gloucestershhire playing 45 first-class and 56 one-day matches. At the end of the 1993 County Championship he was released by Gloucestershire. In 1994 Scott re-signed for his first county club, Dorset. Scott represented them in the Minor Counties Championship and in two one-day matches, the last of which came against another of his former clubs, Hampshire in the 1998 NatWest Trophy. At the end of the 1998 season Scott retired from the game aged 34. In 2007 he returned at the age of 43 to play for Dorset in a single Minor Counties Championship match against

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. He made nine runs before being caught off the bowling of Jack Shantry. During his spell as Director of Cricket for Dorset, Scott also ran numerous cricket camps for youngsters under the brand "For Six", part of his company portfolio that also included selling his own branded "Dog" and "Puppy Dog" cricket bats made by Hunts and providing whites for local cricket teams. The cricket camps ran during the school holidays, with Bournemouth Cricket Club hosting the summer events, and venues such as

Canford School Canford School is a public school (English fee-charging boarding and day school for pupils aged 13–18). Situated in 300 acres of parkland near to the market town of Wimborne Minster in Dorset, south west England, it is one of the largest ...

, Ashdown Technology College and Oakmeeds Community College hosting indoor events. After a spell as Director of Cricket for Dorset, he was appointed by

as their 2nd XI Coach in 2007. He was subsequently promoted to County Coach in 2009 following a temporary position after the departure of Toby Radford. He led Middlesex to the Second Division Championship in 2011 and the Specsavers County Championship in 2016. His departure was announced in July 2018 with Richard Johnson being appointed interim coach until the end of the season. As of 2024 he is Head of Cricket at

Bryanston School Bryanston School is a Public school (United Kingdom), public school (English Private schools in the United Kingdom, private boarding school, boarding and day school for pupils aged 13–18) located next to the village of Bryanston, and near the ...

References

External links

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