John Willie Scaife (14 November 1908 – 27 October 1995) was an Australian cricketer who played

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for Victoria from 1927 to 1936. At the age of 18, Scaife was one of five Victorians who made their first-class debuts against

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in January 1927. Batting at number six he scored 46, added 106 for the fifth wicket with Norman Mitchell. One of the smallest first-class players in Australia at the time, Scaife played the full six-game

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season in 1927-28, scoring 207 runs at an average of 34.50 in a season when his teammates Bill Ponsford and

Bill Woodfull William Maldon Woodfull (22 August 1897 – 11 August 1965) was an Australian cricketer of the 1920s and 1930s. He captained both Victoria and Australia, and was best known for his dignified and moral conduct during the tumultuous bodyline s ...

each averaged well over 100 with the bat and Victoria won the Shield. 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. 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. 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

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had declared at 672 for 8 in their first innings. His best season was 1935-36, when he made 573 runs at 52.09. He played his last first-class matches in 1936-37 for the Europeans team in the

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