Scott Mason (cricketer)

Scott Robert Mason (27 July 1976 in Launceston, Tasmania, Australia 9 April 2005 in Royal Hobart Hospital, Hobart, Tasmania) was an Australian cricketer who played first-class cricket for the Tasmanian Tigers. He was a left-handed batsman who averaged 27.21 with the bat in 28 first-class games and 9.42 with the bat in 8 one-day domestic games. In first-class cricket he scored 1252 runs with two centuries and two half-centuries with a highest score of 174. In one-day domestic cricket he scored just 66 runs with a highest score of 16.

Scott Mason
Personal information
Born(1976-07-27)27 July 1976
Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
Died9 April 2005(2005-04-09) (aged 28)
Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingRight-arm off-break
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
Tasmanian Tigers
Career statistics
Competition FC LA
Matches 28 8
Runs scored 1252 66
Batting average 27.21 9.42
100s/50s 2/5 0/0
Top score 174 16
Balls bowled 0 0
Wickets 0 0
Bowling average - -
5 wickets in innings - -
10 wickets in match 0 0
Best bowling 0 0
Catches/stumpings 15/0 3/0

In 2003–04 season he scored 126 against WA.[1]

Death

Mason was feeling sluggish during pre-season training in August 2004. He discovered he had a heart condition and underwent open heart surgery to have a new valve inserted. This meant he missed the 2004–05 season.[2]

On 7 April 2005 Scott Mason suffered a heart-attack while batting in the nets for Tasmania. Two days later he was officially declared dead in the Royal Hobart Hospital. He was 28.[3][4]

Legacy

Former Tasmanian captain Jamie Cox paid tribute to Mason:

It is just tragic and ironic that a guy whose heart was metaphorically so big and a man who was so courageous that it was the thing in the end that cost him his life. A likeable guy, competitive and inspirational, and one of our true team leaders, and we missed him on the field enormously this season, undoubtedly on the field, but nowhere near as much as we will miss him now. He was such a natural leader and so much so, he may have been a future Tasmanian captain. His career was just about to take off when he was struck down last year."... He was a guy who was as tough as possible, and took his last breath with his bat in his hand, like a warrior. He touched a lot of people in his life, he was a really determined little bugger who never gave in but unfortunately this battle was too much for him.[2]

Mason's life is commemorated by an annual Sheffield Shield game in Hobart between Tasmania and Victoria, the Scott Mason Memorial.[5]

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