James_Scott_(footballer,_born_1895)

James Scott (footballer, born 1895)

James Scott (footballer, born 1895)

Scottish footballer (1895–1916)

James Scott (1895 – 1 July 1916) was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a forward in the Scottish League for Raith Rovers.[3] He scored on his only appearance for Scotland in a wartime international in 1916, during the First World War.[4] He was described as "an all-round forward" and "the most consistent goalscorer Raith have ever had".[3]

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Personal life

Scott was born in Airdrie to James Scott and Annabella Bennett.[5] He attended Airdrie Academy and later became an apprentice wire rope maker with the Caledonian Wire Rope Company.[6] On 4 April 1915, Scott married Catherine Reekie and they had one child, James.[7] Scott served as a private in McCrae's Battalion of the Royal Scots during the First World War.[3] On the first day of the Somme, he was hit in the stomach and neck by machine gun fire and killed during an attack on Ovillers-la-Boisselle.[2][6][8] Scott is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.[1]

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References

  1. [1]
    "Casualty Details". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
  2. [2]
    "The Raith Rovers stars who never returned". Archived from the original on 18 February 2019. Retrieved 18 April 2017.
  3. [3]
    "They Died in the Conflict in Season 1916–1917" (PDF). p. 12. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 May 2018. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
  4. [4]
    "Scotland (wartime) player James Scott". London Hearts Supporters' Club. Retrieved 11 April 2017.
  5. [5]
    "Annabella Bennett 1871–1937". Ancestry. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
  6. [6]
    "James Scott". Scotland's War. Retrieved 18 April 2017.
  7. [7]
    James Scott on Lives of the First World War
  8. [8]
    "Private James Scott" (PDF). Lochnagar Crater. pp. 3–4. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
  9. [9]
    Litster, John. Record of Pre-War Scottish League Players. Norwich: PM Publications.
  10. [10]
    "Raith Rovers Hall of Fame". Raith Rovers FC. Retrieved 29 April 2020.


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