Career
At the age of 18, Scaife was one of five Victorians who made their first-class debuts against Tasmania in 1925-1926. Batting at number six he scored 46, added 106 for the fifth wicket with Norman Mitchell. 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 1928-1929 season but was not successful.
He continued to play for Victoria with mixed success. He did not score his first century until 1933-1934, 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.
His best season was 1935-1936, when he made 573 runs at 52.09. He played his last first-class matches in 1936-1937 for the Europeans team in the Bombay Quadrangular.
