John Scholes
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Walter John Scholes (5 January 1950 - 14 July 2003) in East Brunswick, Victoria) was an Australian first-class cricketer and coach.
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. 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 aswell as his tally of 12,667 runs.
Scholes became coach of Victoria and led them to victory in the 1998/99 Mercantile Mutual Cup.
