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John Willie Scaife (14 November 1908 – 27 October 1995) was a cricketer who played first-class cricket for Victoria from 1927 to 1936. 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.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Victoria v Tasmania 1925-26 )〕 One of the smallest first-class players in Australia at the time,〔''The Argus'', 24 December 1927, p. 13.〕 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 team-mates Bill Ponsford and Bill Woodfull each averaged well over 100 with the bat and Victoria won the Shield.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Sheffield Shield 1927-28 )〕 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.〔Charlie Kelleway, "Introducing Ponsford, Kippax & Co.," ''New Zealand Truth'', 2 February 1928, p. 1.〕 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.〔''Wisden'' 1997, p. 1416.〕 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.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 New South Wales v Victoria 1933-34 )〕 His best season was 1935-36, when he made 573 runs at 52.09.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 John Scaife batting by season )〕 He played his last first-class matches in 1936-37 for the Europeans team in the Bombay Quadrangular. ==See also== * List of Victoria first-class cricketers 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「John Scaife」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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