27 Facts About Tup Scott

Henry James Herbert "Tup" Scott was an Australian cricketer who played first-class cricket for Victoria and Test cricket for Australia.

Tup Scott acquired his nickname during a cricket tour of England in 1884 from his love of London sightseeing tours which cost two pence or "tuppence".

Tup Scott made his first-class debut in February 1878, and was chosen for the Australian team.

Tup Scott began as a right arm fast-medium bowler and achieved his best analysis of six wickets for 33 runs on his first-class debut.

Tup Scott scored four first-class centuries, including one for Australia when he scored 102 at The Oval in 1884.

Tup Scott assumed the leadership of the Australian team following a dispute between English and Australian authorities which resulted in the dropping of Billy Murdoch, the Australian captain.

Tup Scott was born at Toorak, Victoria on 26 December 1858 to John and Elizabeth Tup Scott.

Tup Scott's father was secretary of the Melbourne Gas and Coke Company.

Tup Scott was educated at Wesley College and the University of Melbourne, from which he and two of his brothers graduated in medicine.

Tup Scott's obituary in Wisden Cricketers' Almanack said that "in his young days he was a fast bowler, but his reputation as a cricketer was gained entirely as a batsman".

Tup Scott made his first-class debut at the age of nineteen in February 1878 when he played for Victoria against New South Wales at the Association Ground in Sydney.

Tup Scott scored just 2 and 0 but distinguished himself as a fast-medium bowler in the New South Wales second innings by taking a career-best six for 33.

Tup Scott, who opened Victoria's first innings, scored 9 and 10.

Tup Scott had a very successful tour in 1884 with Australian team, under the captaincy of Billy Murdoch.

Tup Scott made only 12 in the First Test at Old Trafford but achieved large scores in the other two.

Tup Scott was admirably supported by Boyle, and before parting was effected 69 runs were put on for the last wicket.

Wisden stated: "Tup Scott was batting three hours and a half for his 102, out of 207 put on while he was in".

Tup Scott appeared in 31 first-class matches on the tour, scoring 966 runs in 50 innings at an average of 23.00 with the one century and six half-centuries.

Tup Scott was not selected for either of the two remaining Tests and played no further first-class cricket that season.

At a meeting of the Melbourne Cricket Club on 12 December 1885, it was announced that thirteen players including Tup Scott had agreed to form "the strongest all-round team available in the colonies".

Tup Scott began with 111 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground for Victoria against New South Wales, which helped his team win by an innings and 69 runs.

Tup Scott made only 110 runs in his six Test innings at 18.33 including his highest score of 47 at Old Trafford.

Tup Scott played some good innings and totalled 1,278 runs on the tour at an average of 22.03 with a best score of 123 against Middlesex at Lord's.

Tup Scott made 85 first-class appearances of which only 17 were in Australia; he played 68 times on his two tours of England.

In 1884, England found that Tup Scott was the hardest man to bowl out in the Australian team.

Tup Scott began his medical career in June 1888 as a surgeon at the mines in the East Australian Cordillera.

Tup Scott is said to have dealt with unpaid accounts by ruling them out of his books.