John Willie Scaife (14 November 1908 – 27 October 1995) was a cricketer who played first-class cricket for Victoria from 1927 to 1936. At the age of 18, Scaife was one of five Victorians who made their first-class debuts against Tasmania in 1925-26. Batting at number six he scored 46, added 106 for the fifth wicket with Norman Mitchell. He played his last first-class matches in 1936-37 for the Europeans team in the Bombay Quadrangular.