Arthur Avison Scott DSO (3 December 1883 – 6 January 1968) was an English first-class cricketer and Royal Navy officer. The son of the Reverend Avison Scott and Dorothea Sarah Tillard, he was born at Bootle in December 1883. He attended the Britannia Royal Naval College, from where he graduated into the Royal Navy as an acting paymaster sub-lieutenant. He was confirmed in the rank of sub-lieutenant in April 1904, with promotion to lieutenant following in October 1905. Scott made a single appearance in first-class cricket for the Royal Navy against the British Army cricket team at Lord's in 1912. He took 2 wickets in the match and scored 9 runs.