No one can study Irish cricket in any depth without coming across the name of Scott Huey, the former Eg1inton and Ireland left-arm slow bowler.

Scott started his cricket career with the City of Derry cricket club in 1944 but in 1948 transferred his allegiance to the Eglinton club, to join such illustrious players as LC Head, RW Taylor and T Orr. His move to Eglinton, without doubt, strengthened the village team to the extent that over the next decade Eglinton became a real force in North West cricket.

During the 1949 season he produced a remarkable feat when he captured all ten Donemana wickets for 10 runs, an achievement which he equalled in 1955 when he took nine City of Derry wickets for 9 runs. In 1961 Donemana yet again fell to his superb bowling when he captured all ten wickets, this time for 28 runs.

Capped for Ireland in 1951 v Scotland, when he took three wickets for seventy runs, Scott was awarded a further 35 caps. Success followed and in 1954 he achieved the remarkable distinction of beading the English first class bowling averages by virtue of his fourteen wickets for ninety-seven runs when playing for Ireland against MCC in Dublin.

However his most rewarding success was still to come. In the Ireland v Scotland fixture at Beechgrove in 1963 he captained the Irish team in the first full international match to be held in Londonderry. A great moment in his cricketing career, and it must have been a fitting climax that day, with Scotland batting last, when he claimed 6 wickets for 13 runs and thus led Ireland to a famous victory. He went on to captain Ireland on four further occasions and is one of a small number of players to have taken over 100 wickets for Ireland (112 in total).

At club level Scott turned out for Eglinton until the early 1970s when he retired from playing Senior cricket.

In addition to gaining international honours on the cricket field, Scott also represented Ireland on many occasions at badminton while he gained interprovincial honours at hockey.