John Willie Scaife

Played 1925-26 – 1944-45

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Player records

🏆1st XI Premiers (1930-31)🏆1st XI Premiers (1939-40)Hall of Fame (2023-24)State Representative

Career totals

Career

123

Games

Seasons

1925-26 – 1944-45

Played

Batting

130

Innings

Not outs

3,907

Runs

172

High score

33.68

Average

50s

100s

Bowling

Wickets

2/77

Best bowling

54.50

Average

10 (8-ball)

Overs

Fielding

Catches

From the record books

First XI · 1925-26 to 1944-45 · 123 matchesFull archive career →

On this dayin 1928: 51 v North Melbourne

Season	M	Runs	HS	Avg	Overs	Wkts	Best	Ct
1925-26	1	0	0	0.00	–	–	–
1926-27	9	413	98	51.63	0	0	0/1	5
1927-28	6	200	66	40.00	–	–	–	3
1928-29	7	263	108	43.83	2	0	0/7	1
1929-30	11	552	132*	69.00	1	0	0/6	4
1930-31	10	406	96*	58.00	4	2	2/77	2
1931-32	11	387	66	32.25	–	–	–	3
1932-33	12	245	53	22.27	–	–	–	2
1933-34	8	329	172*	47.00	–	–	–
1934-35	7	267	114	38.14	–	–	–	6
1935-36	10	252	79	22.91	–	–	–	1
1936-37	2	44	24	22.00	–	–	–	1
1939-40	11	206	40	15.85	3	0	0/25	5
1940-41	9	206	81	22.89	–	–	–	1
1943-44	4	37	15*	12.33	–	–	–
1944-45	5	100	54	16.67	–	–	–	3
Career	123	3,907	172*	33.68		2	2/77	37

Every scorecard · 123

1925-26	v Richmond	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1926-27	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	29	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1926-27	v Melbourne	32	0/1	Something wrong? Tell us
1926-27	v Richmond	5	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1926-27	v Carlton	56*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1926-27	v Collingwood	67*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1926-27	v Northcote	12	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1926-27	v North Melbourne	65	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1926-27	v South Melbourne	98	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1926-27	v Essendon	0 & 49	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1927-28	v North Melbourne	60	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1927-28	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	24* & 18	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1927-28	v Essendon	1	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1927-28	v Melbourne	66	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1927-28	v Richmond	31	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1927-28	v South Melbourne	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1928-29	v Carlton	64*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1928-29	v Essendon	17	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1928-29	v North Melbourne	51	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1928-29	v St Kilda	22	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1928-29	v South Melbourne	1	0/7	Something wrong? Tell us
1928-29	v Melbourne	108	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1928-29	v University	0	0/9	Something wrong? Tell us
1929-30	v Carlton	123*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1929-30	v Prahran	132*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1929-30	v Melbourne	60	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1929-30	v Collingwood	2	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1929-30	v North Melbourne	74	0/6	Something wrong? Tell us
1929-30	v Richmond	31	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1929-30	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	33	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1929-30	v St Kilda	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1929-30	v VCA Colts	9	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1929-30	v Northcote	72*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1929-30	v St Kilda	16	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1930-31	v Melbourne	2	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1930-31	v Northcote	27*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1930-31	v Richmond	96*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1930-31	v Essendon	68 & 34*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1930-31	v North Melbourne	2	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1930-31	v Carlton	16	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1930-31	v Prahran	62*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1930-31	v University	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1930-31	v Richmond	58 & 40	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1930-31	v South Melbourne	1	2/77	Something wrong? Tell us
1931-32	v St Kilda	12	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1931-32	v Northcote	24	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1931-32	v Collingwood	41	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1931-32	v Prahran	55	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1931-32	v University	45	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1931-32	v North Melbourne	21	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1931-32	v Carlton	53	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1931-32	v Richmond	66	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1931-32	v Essendon	54	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1931-32	v University	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1931-32	v St Kilda	1 & 15	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1932-33	v Essendon	49	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1932-33	v Richmond	3	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1932-33	v Carlton	53	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1932-33	v North Melbourne	30	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1932-33	v University	11	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1932-33	v Prahran	15	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1932-33	v South Melbourne	4	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1932-33	v Collingwood	8	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1932-33	v VCA Colts	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1932-33	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	24	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1932-33	v Northcote	19	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1932-33	v Melbourne	29	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1933-34	v Essendon	39 & 42	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1933-34	v Richmond	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1933-34	v Carlton	13	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1933-34	v North Melbourne	172*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1933-34	v South Melbourne	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1933-34	v Northcote	60	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1933-34	v Melbourne	1	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1933-34	v St Kilda	2	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1934-35	v Melbourne	2	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1934-35	v Northcote	84*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1934-35	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	8 & 19	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1934-35	v Collingwood	114	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1934-35	v Prahran	10	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1934-35	v North Melbourne	11	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1934-35	v Melbourne	19	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1935-36	v St Kilda	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1935-36	v Northcote	79	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1935-36	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	2	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1935-36	v VCA Colts	50	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1935-36	v Collingwood	5	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1935-36	v South Melbourne	1	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1935-36	v Prahran	10	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1935-36	v Essendon	41	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1935-36	v Carlton	38	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1935-36	v Melbourne	5 & 21	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1936-37	v St Kilda	24	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1936-37	v Melbourne	20	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1939-40	v Essendon	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1939-40	v Northcote	31	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1939-40	v Melbourne	6 & 15	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1939-40	v St Kilda	19	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1939-40	v South Melbourne	22	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1939-40	v Prahran	12	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1939-40	v University	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1939-40	v Collingwood	40	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1939-40	v VCA Colts	22	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1939-40	v St Kilda	16 & 4	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1939-40	v Melbourne	11 & 8	0/25	Something wrong? Tell us
1940-41	v Carlton	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1940-41	v North Melbourne	81	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1940-41	v Prahran	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1940-41	v South Melbourne	21	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1940-41	v Collingwood	2	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1940-41	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	5	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1940-41	v Melbourne	4	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1940-41	v St Kilda	58 & 24	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1940-41	v Essendon	11	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1943-44	v Prahran	14	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1943-44	v University	7	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1943-44	v North Melbourne	1	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1943-44	v Carlton	15*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1944-45	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	54	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1944-45	v Preston	1 & 1	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1944-45	v Carlton	16	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1944-45	v Prahran	2	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1944-45	v North Melbourne	26	–	Something wrong? Tell us

Milestones

DebutFirst matchv Richmond, 1925-26
First fifty56*v Carlton, 1926-27
First hundred108v Melbourne, 1928-29
Highest score172*v North Melbourne, 1933-34
Best bowling2/77v South Melbourne, 1930-31
Last matchMatch 123v North Melbourne, 1944-45

Runs by season

Wickets by season

Every innings, in order

Lighter bars are not-out innings. Hover a bar for the match.

Against each club

Sort by


Melbourne	14	409	108	24.06	2	1	0	–	0/1
Greenvale Kanagaroos	12	594	172*	54.00	5	1	0	–	0/6
Carlton	11	447	123*	63.86	4	1	–	–	–
St Kilda	11	213	58	15.21	1		–	–	–
Essendon	10	405	68	33.75	2		–	–	–
Prahran	10	312	132*	44.57	2	1	–	–	–
Northcote	9	408	84*	68.00	4		–	–	–
Richmond	9	330	96*	36.67	3		–	–	–
Casey South Melbourne	9	148	98	21.14	1		2	42.00	2/77
Camberwell Magpies	8	279	114	39.86	1	1	–	–	–
Kingston Hawthorn	8	216	54	24.00	1		–	–	–
Melbourne University	7	63	45	12.60			0	–	0/9
VCA Colts	4	81	50	27.00	1		–	–	–
Preston	1	2	1	1.00			–	–	–

Clubs that merged are counted as one, under today's name. Tap a heading to sort; open a club for every match against it.

Splits

By batting position

Pos	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	100s	0s
1	2	0	84	53	42.00	1
3	58	5	1,779	172*	33.57	10	4	6
4	36	3	1,169	98	35.42	10		1
5	18	3	530	108	35.33	4	1
6	12	1	227	72*	20.64	1		2
7	1	0	8	8	8.00
8	3	2	110	62*	110.00	1

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	100s	0s
Top order (1–3)	60	5	1,863	172*	33.87	11	4	6
Middle order (4–7)	67	7	1,934	108	32.23	15	1	3
Lower order (8–11)	3	2	110	62*	110.00	1

Batted most often at 3rd.

Scores and consistency

Ducks9
1–931
10–1925
20–2916
30–4917
50–9927
100+5

Turned 5 of 32 fifty-plus scores into hundreds. 14.6% of the side's runs in the innings batted. Top-scored for the side 29 times.

Dismissals

Caught50 · 43%
Bowled25 · 22%
LBW18 · 16%
Run out11 · 9%
Stumped7 · 6%
Caught & bowled5 · 4%

Most often dismissed by: Keating (4), Ironmonger (4), Nagel (4), Wilson (3), Smith (3).

In wins and losses

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	100s	0s
In wins	75	9	2,740	172*	41.52	18	5	5
In losses	31	1	458	66	15.27	2		3
In draws	23	4	697	84*	36.68	7		1
In ties	1	0	12	12	12.00

	M	Wkts	Avg	Wkts / match
In wins	3	2	54.00	0.7
In losses	2	0	–	0.0
In draws	1	0	–	0.0

Scored 50+: the side won 23 of 32 (72%), lost 2.
Every other match: the side won 44 of 91 (48%), lost 27.

Batting first or second

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	100s	0s
Batting first	55	4	1,662	132*	32.59	13	2	2
Batting second	62	9	1,955	172*	36.89	14	3	7
Second innings of the match	13	1	290	49	24.17

By ground

Ground	M	Inn	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg	Best
Fitzroy Cricket Ground	62	63	1,906	123*	33.44	–	–	0/1
Carlton Cricket Ground	9	9	271	64*	45.17	–	–	–
Richmond Cricket Ground	6	8	242	66	30.25	–	–	–
Melbourne Cricket Ground	5	6	167	108	27.83	–	–	0/9
Bill Lawry Oval, Northcote	5	5	247	79	61.75	–	–	–
North Melbourne Cricket Ground	5	5	315	172*	78.75	–	–	–
St Kilda Cricket Ground	5	5	83	24	16.60	–	–	–
Toorak Park	5	5	211	132*	52.75	–	–	–
Glenferrie Oval	4	6	98	24*	19.60	–	–	–
Albert Ground	4	5	24	11	4.80	2	51.00	2/77
Victoria Park	4	4	88	41	22.00	–	–	–
Essendon Cricket Ground	3	4	114	68	38.00	–	–	–
South Melbourne Cricket Ground	3	3	123	98	41.00	–	–	–
University Oval	3	2	18	11	9.00	–	–	–

Wickets taken

Caught1 · 50%
Stumped1 · 50%

Batters dismissed

Top order (1–3)1 · 50%
Middle order (4–7)1 · 50%

Best in a match: 2/77 v South Melbourne, 1930-31. Wicket types count only matches where the card's dismissals add up to the bowling figures.

At the club

In the record book

Among players of 1925-26 to 1944-45: 6th of 101 for runs, 47th of 62 for wickets, 11th of 112 for matches, 5th of 23 for hundreds, 20th of 90 for catches, 6th of 45 for batting average.

Under Fitzroy: 9th of 321 for runs, 129th of 172 for wickets, 18th of 345 for matches, 8th of 50 for hundreds, 41st of 279 for catches, 11th of 126 for batting average.

Played like…

RW Furlong1955-56 to 1968-69 · 133 m · 4,539 runs · 0 wkts
IG Wheeler1983-84 to 1992-93 · 119 m · 3,457 runs · 1 wkts
DJ Anderson1956-57 to 1969-70 · 130 m · 4,044 runs · 30 wkts
CE Harvey1938-39 to 1949-50 · 88 m · 2,601 runs · 0 wkts

The careers nearest Scaife’s in length, runs and wickets a match, average and the balance of batting to bowling.

Most often alongside

Matches in the same side, from the published cards.

The shape of the career

Season by season

Runs, up Wickets, downPremiership Honour in his name Season away

1926-27: 1st XI Batting · 1929-30: 1st XI Batting · 1930-31: premiership, 1st XI Batting · 1939-40: premiership

The arc

John Willie Scaife's best season with the bat was 1929-30: 552 runs from 11 innings at 69.00. The best ten-innings patch came in 1928-29 to 1929-30: 578 runs at 82.57. The leanest, 1940-41 to 1944-45: 122 runs at 13.56.

Batting average over the last ten innings, at each innings of the career.

Milestones

Milestone	When	Match
First fifty56*	22 Jan 1927	v Carlton, 1926-27
First hundred108	30 Mar 1929	v Melbourne, 1928-29
1,000th run132* took him to 1,131	19 Oct 1929	v Prahran, 1929-30
2,000th run45 took him to 2,011	23 Jan 1932	v University, 1931-32
50th match21	1 Feb 1932	v North Melbourne, 1931-32
3,000th run114 took him to 3,022	24 Nov 1934	v Collingwood, 1934-35
100th match12	29 Jan 1940	v Prahran, 1939-40

Streaks

Consecutive scores of 25 or more: 4 innings: from v Northcote, 1930-31 to v Essendon, 1930-31 · first · last
Consecutive matches played: 24 matches: from v Prahran, 1931-32 to v North Melbourne, 1933-34 · first · last
Longest spell without a wicket: 4 matches bowled in: from v Melbourne, 1926-27 to v North Melbourne, 1929-30 · first · last
Longest run of single figures: 3 innings: from v Melbourne, 1933-34 to v Melbourne, 1934-35 · first · last

Best innings

Score	Match	Result
172*	v North Melbourne, 1933-34	Won
132*	v Prahran, 1929-30	Won
123*	v Carlton, 1929-30	Won
114	v Collingwood, 1934-35	Won
108	v Melbourne, 1928-29	Won, Semi-final

Best bowling

Figures	Match	Result
2/77	v South Melbourne, 1930-31	Won, Final

More splits

Batting position over the years

Moved about the order across 16 seasons: at 3rd in 10, at 4th in 3, at 5th in 3.

Season	Usual spot	Inn	Avg
1925-26	3	1	0.00
1926-27	4	10	51.63
1927-28	3	6	40.00
1928-29	5	7	43.83
1929-30	3	11	69.00
1930-31	4	11	58.00
1931-32	3	12	32.25
1932-33	4	11	22.27
1933-34	3	8	47.00
1934-35	3	8	38.14
1935-36	3	11	22.91
1936-37	3	2	22.00
1939-40	3	13	15.85
1940-41	3	9	22.89
1943-44	5	4	12.33
1944-45	5	6	16.67

Home and away

	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg
Home	62	63	6	1,906	123*	33.44
Away	61	67	8	2,001	172*	33.92	2	55.50

Home taken as the ground the club played at most in each season: Fitzroy Cricket Ground, Schramms Reserve.

By day

	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg
Saturday	109	116	12	3,482	132*	33.48
Weekday	14	14	2	425	172*	35.42	2	43.00

Month by month

Month	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg
Oct	23	26	5	925	132*	44.05
Nov	21	21	1	816	172*	40.80
Dec	7	8	0	133	32	16.63
Jan	20	18	4	551	96*	39.36
Feb	18	17	0	453	66	26.65
Mar	27	31	3	822	108	29.36
Other	7	9	1	207	64*	25.88	2	43.00

Finals

12Finals played

361Runs · avg 21.24

2Wickets

	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg
Home and away	111	113	14	3,546	172*	35.82
Finals	12	17	0	361	108	21.24	2	55.50

Fielding

Season	M	Ct
1925-26	1
1926-27	9	5
1927-28	6	3
1928-29	7	1
1929-30	11	4
1930-31	10	2
1931-32	11	3
1932-33	12	2
1933-34	8
1934-35	7	6
1935-36	10	1
1936-37	2	1
1939-40	11	5
1940-41	9	1
1943-44	4
1944-45	5	3

Caught most off

AW Dummett × 6
FD Chapman × 6
AE Liddicut × 4
J Frederick × 4
AJW Lansdown × 3
MW Sievers × 3

Career figures combine what's recorded live in Morrie with the club's own historical records — averages are shown only where there's enough real data to be honest about.

John Willie Scaife

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