At the age of 18, Scaife was one of five Victorians who made their first-class debuts against Tasmania in January 1927. 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]
john, scaife, british, bacteriologist, prof, john, graham, scaife, scaife, john, willie, scaife, november, 1908, october, 1995, australian, cricketer, played, first, class, cricket, victoria, from, 1927, 1936, personal, informationfull, namejohn, willie, scaif. For the British bacteriologist Prof John Graham Scaife see J G 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 John ScaifePersonal informationFull nameJohn Willie ScaifeBorn 1908 11 14 14 November 1908Haslingden Lancashire EnglandDied27 October 1995 1995 10 27 aged 86 Melbourne VictoriaBattingRight handedDomestic team informationYearsTeam1926 27 to 1935 36Victoria1936 37EuropeansCareer statisticsCompetition First classMatches 46Runs scored 2206Batting average 33 93100s 50s 2 13Top score 120Balls bowledWickets 1Bowling average 68 005 wickets in innings 010 wickets in match 0Best bowling 1 16Catches stumpings 15 0Source Cricinfo 28 April 2015At the age of 18 Scaife was one of five Victorians who made their first class debuts against Tasmania in January 1927 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 editList of Victoria first class cricketersReferences edit Victoria v Tasmania 1926 27 CricketArchive Retrieved 4 May 2015 The Argus 24 December 1927 p 13 Sheffield Shield 1927 28 CricketArchive Retrieved 4 May 2015 Charlie Kelleway Introducing Ponsford Kippax amp Co New Zealand Truth 2 February 1928 p 1 Wisden 1997 p 1416 New South Wales v Victoria 1933 34 CricketArchive Retrieved 4 May 2015 John Scaife batting by season CricketArchive Retrieved 4 May 2015 First class matches played by John Scaife CricketArchive Retrieved 18 April 2017 External links editJohn Scaife at Cricinfo John Scaife at CricketArchive Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title John Scaife amp oldid 1156703522, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
