William Scotton, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

William Scotton

Cricket player of England.

Date of Birth: 15-Jan-1856

Place of Birth: Nottingham, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 09-Jul-1893

Profession: cricketer

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

William Henry Scotton (15 January 1856 – 9 July 1893) was a cricketer who played for Nottinghamshire and England.
Scotton played his first match at Lord's for Sixteen Colts of England against the Marylebone Cricket Club on 11 and 12 May 1874, scoring on that occasion 19 and 0.
He was engaged as a groundman by the MCC in that year and in 1875, and after an engagement at Kennington Oval returned to the service of the MCC, of whose ground staff he was a member at the time of his death.
His powers were rather slow to ripen, and he had been playing for several years before he obtained anything like a first-rate position.
At one period of his career, however, and more particularly during the seasons of 1884 and 1886, he was beyond all question the best professional left-handed batsman in England.