Bernard Scrymgour

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Bernard Vincent Scrymgour (31 July 1864 – 16 April 1943) was an Australian cricketer and administrator from Adelaide. He played five first-class matches for South Australia between 1891 and 1897, scoring 65 runs with a top score of 37. After his playing days, he became a leading cricket administrator. He served on the South Australian Cricket Association committee for almost 50 years and was its president from 1928 to 1940. He also served as a state selector and was for a time chairman of the Australian Cricket Board. He helped found the Sturt Cricket Club, one of Adelaide’s leading teams. Outside cricket, he was a senior partner in Scrymgour and Sons, a printing and stationery firm, and supported local charities. He and his wife had six children—three sons and three daughters—and she died about a year before him. The Scrymgour Club Championship Shield is presented to the Adelaide club with the highest aggregate points across the first four grades at the end of the minor rounds, in his memory.