Scorer’s stock stories about start of match (7)
I believe the answer is:
smetana
'scorer's' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'stock stories about start of match' is the wordplay.
'stock' becomes 'set' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'stories' becomes 'ana' (suffix in words like Shaksperiana).
'about' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'start of' suggests taking the first letters.
The first letter of 'match' is 'm'.
'set'+'ana'='setana'
'setana' placed around 'm' is 'SMETANA'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for smetana that I've seen before include "musician" , "maker of notes" , "Nineteenth century Czech composer (The Bartered Bride)" , "Composer of The Bartered Bride; eats man (anag.)" , "Bedrich ____, composer of "The Bartered Bride" and "The Kiss"" .)