John Scholes
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Walter John Scholes was an Australian first-class cricket
er and coach. He also played 30 games of Australian rules football for North Melbourne Football Club
between 1967 and 1971 scoring 35 goals as a rover before a knee injury cut short his football career.
Scholes was a successful junior cricketer, captaining the Victorian under-15's to victory in the Sydney carnival. He once scored 100 runs and took 10 wickets in a game, becoming the first ever Australian schoolboy to do so.
In the 1968–69 season he made his debut for Victoria, aged just 18. He was appointed Victoria's youngest ever Captain at the time when 21 years of age, by the end of his 62 game career, the right-hander made 3201 runs at 30.78.
He continued to play Victorian district-level cricket and surpassed Jack Ryder's record of 338 matches as well as his tally of 12,667 runs.
Scholes became coach of Victoria and led them to victory in the 1998/99 Mercantile Mutual Cup. He was also a Victorian selector for a time.
Nicknamed affectionately as "Barrel" he was well respected by the Australian sporting community.
The player of the Victorian Cricket Association Premier final is now awarded the "John Scholes Medal".
First-class cricket
First-class cricket is a class of cricket that consists of matches of three or more days' scheduled duration, that are between two sides of eleven players and are officially adjudged first-class by virtue of the standard of the competing teams...
er and coach. He also played 30 games of Australian rules football for North Melbourne Football Club
North Melbourne Football Club
The North Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed The Kangaroos, is the fourth oldest Australian rules football club in the Australian Football League and is one of the oldest sporting clubs in Australia and the world...
between 1967 and 1971 scoring 35 goals as a rover before a knee injury cut short his football career.
Scholes was a successful junior cricketer, captaining the Victorian under-15's to victory in the Sydney carnival. He once scored 100 runs and took 10 wickets in a game, becoming the first ever Australian schoolboy to do so.
In the 1968–69 season he made his debut for Victoria, aged just 18. He was appointed Victoria's youngest ever Captain at the time when 21 years of age, by the end of his 62 game career, the right-hander made 3201 runs at 30.78.
He continued to play Victorian district-level cricket and surpassed Jack Ryder's record of 338 matches as well as his tally of 12,667 runs.
Scholes became coach of Victoria and led them to victory in the 1998/99 Mercantile Mutual Cup. He was also a Victorian selector for a time.
Nicknamed affectionately as "Barrel" he was well respected by the Australian sporting community.
The player of the Victorian Cricket Association Premier final is now awarded the "John Scholes Medal".