James Scott (footballer, born 1895)

Scottish footballer (1895–1916)

James ScottPersonal information

Date of birth|  1895
Place of birth|  Airdrie, Scotland
Date of death|  1 July 1916 (aged 20-21)[1]
Place of death|  near Ovillers-la-Boisselle, France[2]
Position(s)|  Forward
Youth career
|  Craigton Thistle
Senior career*
Years|  Team|  Apps|  (Gls)
0000–1913|  Petershill|  |
1913–1915|  Raith Rovers|  59|  (23)
International career
1916|  Scotland (wartime)|  1|  (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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]

## Personal life

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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]

## Career statistics

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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition  Club  | Season  | League  | Scottish Cup  | Total

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Division  | Apps  | Goals  | Apps  | Goals  | Apps  | Goals
Raith Rovers | 1913–14[9] | Scottish First Division | 28  | 12  | 2  | 0  | 30  | 12
1914–15[9] | 31  | 11  | 0  | 0  | 31  | 11
Career total  | 59  | 23  | 2  | 0  | 61  | 23

## Honours

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* Raith Rovers Hall of Fame[10]

## References

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

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Raith Rovers F.C. - Hall of Fame inductees

2012|

* Baxter
* Dalziel
* Davidson
* Harrow
* Houston
* McNaught
* Nicholl
* W. Penman
* Reid

2013|

* Cameron
* Cooper
* Ellis
* Forsyth
* James
* Polland
* Urquhart
* Wallace
* Young

2014|

* 1994 Scottish League Cup final squad
*   * Gourlay

2015|

* Baker
* Connor
* Harris
*   * Hutton
* Leigh
* McGurn
* McStay

2016|

* Andrews
* Calderón
* Crawford
* Hetherston
* McDermott
* Scott
* Todd
* Urquhart

2017|

* Brewster
* Dennis
* McGlynn
* McLay
*   * A. Penman
* Stewart
* Sweeney

2018|

* Candlish
* Porterfield
* Rougier
* Smith
* Thomson
* Wright

2019|

*   * Caira
* Campbell
* Dair
* Dempsey
* Morris
* Sinclair

2023|

* Arthur
* Hislop
* Lennon
* Murray
* Ortiz
* Thomson

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* Commonwealth War Graves Commission

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