John Scaife

John Willie Scaife (14 November 1908 – 27 October 1995) was an Australian cricketer who played first-class cricket for Victoria from 1927 to 1936.

For the British bacteriologist Prof John Graham Scaife, see J. G. Scaife.

John Scaife
Personal information
Full nameJohn Willie Scaife
Born(1908-11-14)14 November 1908
Haslingden, Lancashire, England
Died27 October 1995(1995-10-27) (aged 86)
Melbourne, Victoria
BattingRight-handed
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1926-27 to 1935-36Victoria
1936-37Europeans
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 46
Runs scored 2206
Batting average 33.93
100s/50s 2/13
Top score 120
Balls bowled
Wickets 1
Bowling average 68.00
5 wickets in innings 0
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 1/16
Catches/stumpings 15/0
Source: Cricinfo, 28 April 2015

At the age of 18, Scaife was one of five Victorians who made their first-class debuts against Tasmania in 1925-26. Batting at number six he scored 46, added 106 for the fifth wicket with Norman Mitchell.[1]

One of the smallest first-class players in Australia at the time,[2] Scaife played the full six-game Sheffield Shield season in 1927-28, scoring 207 runs at an average of 34.50 in a season when his teammates Bill Ponsford and Bill Woodfull each averaged well over 100 with the bat and Victoria won the Shield.[3] He was one of the three emergencies named for Australia's tour of New Zealand at the end of the season, but was not required to play.[4]

He played in a trial match for an Australian XI against The Rest at the start of the 1928-29 season but was not successful.[5] He continued to play for Victoria with mixed success. He did not score his first century until 1933-34, when he made 120 and 80 to help Victoria draw the match after New South Wales had declared at 672 for 8 in their first innings.[6] His best season was 1935-36, when he made 573 runs at 52.09.[7]

He played his last first-class matches in 1936-37 for the Europeans team in the Bombay Quadrangular.[8]

See also

References
  1. "Victoria v Tasmania 1925-26". CricketArchive. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
  2. The Argus, 24 December 1927, p. 13.
  3. "Sheffield Shield 1927-28". CricketArchive. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
  4. Charlie Kelleway, "Introducing Ponsford, Kippax & Co.," New Zealand Truth, 2 February 1928, p. 1.
  5. Wisden 1997, p. 1416.
  6. "New South Wales v Victoria 1933-34". CricketArchive. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
  7. "John Scaife batting by season". CricketArchive. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
  8. "First-class matches played by John Scaife". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 April 2017.
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