Wicketkeeper Doug Scorey, who has been heavily involved in local cricket in the Fareham and Gosport as a player and book-keeper for well over sixty years, has died, aged 85, after a brave battle against cancer.
An accountant by profession, Mr Scorey spent his early playing days as Fareham’s second team gloveman before switching to Gosport Amateurs in the 1960s and becoming a founder member of Gosport Borough CC in 1966.
Always neat and tidy behind the stumps, he played for Gosport for close on 50 years, carrying out numerous secretarial and financial roles at the Privett Park club, where he still played occasionally in his 60s. In his younger days, he was a goalkeeper in local soccer.
The cricket club acknowledged Doug’s contribution (not to mention generosity) by naming the Privett Park clubhouse bar after him, Mr Scorey (left) having previously told GBCC that unless they had a licensed bar on the premises they would struggle to survive financially.
Articled at Palmer Riley, the long-established Fareham accountancy practice, Mr Scorey became chief accountant at the Ultra television company (later to become Thorn Electronics) and after that worked for the Thorngate Almsgate Trust charity housing group in Gosport.
Eagle eyed with figures, he audited numerous sports club accounts, including the Southern Cricket League’s books for almost 45 years. He was urbane, charming, and endlessly patient.
Away from accountancy and his sport, Mr Scorey was a real railway buff, travelling by train to all parts of the country and Europe. He even built two ‘magnificent’ model steam locomotives and a diesel train, which he exhibited locally.
It’s a little known fact that Doug’s grandfather George Scorey was the policeman mounted on the white horse (Billie) who played a key role in helping clear the 126,000 crowd at the 1923 Wembley FA Cup final between West Ham United and Bolton Wanderers. George Scorey, was rewarded by the Football Association with free tickets to subsequent finals, but he had no interest in football and did not attend.[23].
An accountant by profession, Mr Scorey spent his early playing days as Fareham’s second team gloveman before switching to Gosport Amateurs in the 1960s and becoming a founder member of Gosport Borough CC in 1966.
Always neat and tidy behind the stumps, he played for Gosport for close on 50 years, carrying out numerous secretarial and financial roles at the Privett Park club, where he still played occasionally in his 60s. In his younger days, he was a goalkeeper in local soccer.
The cricket club acknowledged Doug’s contribution (not to mention generosity) by naming the Privett Park clubhouse bar after him, Mr Scorey (left) having previously told GBCC that unless they had a licensed bar on the premises they would struggle to survive financially.
Articled at Palmer Riley, the long-established Fareham accountancy practice, Mr Scorey became chief accountant at the Ultra television company (later to become Thorn Electronics) and after that worked for the Thorngate Almsgate Trust charity housing group in Gosport.
Eagle eyed with figures, he audited numerous sports club accounts, including the Southern Cricket League’s books for almost 45 years. He was urbane, charming, and endlessly patient.
Away from accountancy and his sport, Mr Scorey was a real railway buff, travelling by train to all parts of the country and Europe. He even built two ‘magnificent’ model steam locomotives and a diesel train, which he exhibited locally.
It’s a little known fact that Doug’s grandfather George Scorey was the policeman mounted on the white horse (Billie) who played a key role in helping clear the 126,000 crowd at the 1923 Wembley FA Cup final between West Ham United and Bolton Wanderers. George Scorey, was rewarded by the Football Association with free tickets to subsequent finals, but he had no interest in football and did not attend.[23].
