{{Short description|Australian cricketer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}} {{Use Australian English|date=December 2012}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Clark Scarff | country = Australia | fullname = Clark Steven Scarff | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1948|11|19|df=yes}} | birth_place = Subiaco, Western Australia | nickname = | heightft = | heightinch = | heightm = | batting = Right-handed | role = Batsman | club1 = Western Australia | year1 = 1970 | hidedeliveries = true | columns = 1 | column1 = First-class | matches1 = 4 | runs1 = 165 | bat avg1 = 27.50 | 100s/50s1 = 0/1 | top score1 = 67 | catches/stumpings1 = 0/– | date = 13 December | year = 2012 | source = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/11/11205/11205.html CricketArchive }}
'''Clark Steven Scarff''' (born 19 November 1948) is a former Australian cricketer who played four first-class matches for Western Australia across two seasons, 1969-70 and 1970-71. From Perth, Scarff made his first-class debut in a Sheffield Shield match against Victoria in February 1970, the last match of the 1969–70 season.<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/11/11205/First-Class_Matches.html First-Class Matches played by Clark Scarff (4)] – CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 December 2012.</ref> Batting third behind Derek Chadwick and Terry Prindiville, he scored a half-century—67 runs—on debut, featuring in a 131-run partnership with Chadwick for the second wicket.<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/30/30680.html Western Australia v Victoria], Sheffield Shield 1969/70 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 December 2012.</ref> Scarff's three other first-class matches came early in the following Sheffield Shield season. Elevated to the opening position with Chadwick, he failed to score heavily, and did not play at state level again.<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/31/31282.html Queensland v Western Australia], Sheffield Shield 1970/71 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 December 2012.</ref><ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/31/31293.html Western Australia v South Australia], Sheffield Shield 1970/71 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 December 2012.</ref> At grade cricket level, Scarff played for Melville, and served as the club's captain-coach for the 1974–75 season.<ref>[http://www.melvillecricket.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30:1970s&catid=20:general&Itemid=43 History: 1970s] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120327191010/http://www.melvillecricket.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30%3A1970s&catid=20%3Ageneral&Itemid=43 |date=27 March 2012 }} – Melville Cricket Club. Retrieved 13 December 2012.</ref> After retiring from playing, he worked for a time as a financial planner, and later moved to Geraldton, where he opened a management training and consulting firm.<ref>[http://www.newfieldinstitute.com.au/html/newsletterarticles_issue10_01.html Small Business Improvement in Regional Australia] – Newfield Institute. Retrieved 13 December 2012.</ref>
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