Frank Sholl Scott
Dr Frank Sholl Scott M.B., B.S. was an Australian-born English rugby union player and medical practitioner. A son, E. K. Scott, represented England in both rugby and cricket.
A winger, Frank Sholl Scott was selected for the English rugby team while playing for Bristol RFC in 1906. His sole game for England was against Wales, at Swansea, on 12 January 1907.
Born in Perth, Western Australia, Scott was the son of Penelope Fanny Scott, née Sholl and Edward Scott, an English-born medical practitioner and member of the Western Australian Parliament. Penelope Scott was a member of a family prominent in Western Australia including her father, R. J. Sholl and brothers: Horace Sholl, R.F. Sholl, Richard Sholl, and Trevarton Sholl.
Frank Sholl Scott attended Epsom College, before studying medicine at University College London and Bristol University.
In 1909–11, Scott practised as a doctor at Goomalling, Western Australia and was an Honorary Magistrate. He returned to England and later lived and practised medicine at Truro, Cornwall.
During the First World War, Frank Sholl Scott served in the Royal Army Medical Corps, with the rank of Lieutenant.Footnotes
