Walter John Scholes (5 January 1950 – 14 July 2003) was an Australian first-class cricketer and coach.
Scholes was a successful junior cricketer, captaining the Victorian under-15s to victory in the Sydney carnival.
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 3,201 runs at 30.78.
Scholes became coach of Victoria and led them to victory in the 1998/99 Mercantile Mutual Cup.
[3] The player of the Premier final is now awarded the "John Scholes Medal".