Arthur Scott (rower)

Arthur Valentine Scott (13 February 1887 – 26 July 1966) was a South Australian rower and an AIF artilleryman who saw active service on the Western Front in World War II.

[1] He was a four-time national champion who represented Australia at the 1924 Summer Olympics in the men's eight rowing crew.

[2] He was a member of the AIF #1 eight which won at the 1919 Henley Peace Regatta and brought the King's Cup to Australia.

[6] At Agincourt in May 1918 he refused an order to go up the line, was court-martialled, demoted to Gunner and sentenced to a year in military prison.

Along with Tom McGill and George Nettam he was one of the final three crew changes made to the AIF #1 eight just ten days before the event.

[11] By 1924 with South Australia continuing to dominate Australian eights rowing, their claim could not be denied and after winning a test event raced on Port Adelaide in March 1924, Scott and the South Australian crew were selected in-toto to represent Australia as an eight at the 1924 Summer Olympics.

[15] All told, Scott rowed in nine South Australian King's Cup eights in spite of war interrupting racing for five years in the middle of his career.