foot of thy wicket, O Scotton! And I would that my tongue would utter My boredom. You won't put the pot on! Oh, nice for the bowler, my boy, That each ball like a barndoor you play! Oh, nice for yourself, I suppose, That you stick at the wicket all day! And the clock's slow hands go on, And you still keep up your sticks; But oh! for the lift of a smiting hand, And the sound of a swipe for six! Block, block, block, At the foot of thy wicket, ah do! But one hour of Grace or Walter Read Were worth a week of you! Scotton paid three visits to Australia, going out with Alfred Shaw's and Arthur Shrewsbury's teams in 1881, 1884 and 1886. In the three tours he averaged respectively in the eleven a-side matches, 20.8, 17.3, and 10.13. Scotton last played first-class cricket in 1891. He then played minor cricket and umpired. Scotton committed suicide on 9 July 1893 by slitting his throat with a razor. References External links 1856 births 1893 deaths England Test cricketers English cricketers Nottinghamshire cricketers Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers All-England Eleven cricketers Players cricketers North v South cricketers Suicides in Westminster Cricketers from Nottingham Players of the North cricketers Lord Hawke's XI cricketers London United Eleven cricketers Lord Londesborough's XI cricketers 1890s suicides Suicides by sharp instrument in England