John Groves (cricketer)

John Miller Groves (21 July 1914 – 19 January 1996) was a cricket player and administrator who played first-class cricket for Jamaica from 1935 to 1950.

John Groves

Personal information
Full name	John Miller Groves
Born	(1914-07-21)21 July 1914 Kingston, Jamaica
Died	19 January 1996(1996-01-19) (aged 81) Langley, British Columbia, Canada
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Batting	Right-handed
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1934-35 to 1949-50	Jamaica
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 5 Runs scored 126 Batting average 15.75 100s/50s 0/0 Top score 38 Balls bowled 138 Wickets 0 Bowling average – 5 wickets in innings – 10 wickets in match – Best bowling – Catches/stumpings 3/2
Source: Cricket Archive, 28 August 2014

After attending St. George's College he worked as an accountant.[1] He played two first-class matches as an opening batsman for Jamaica against MCC in 1934-35, and one as a middle-order batsman and wicket-keeper against the touring Yorkshire team in 1935-36.[2] After the war he captained a young Jamaican team on its two-match tour of Trinidad in 1949-50, making his highest first-class score of 38 in the second match, batting at number four.[3] He also captained a Jamaica Colts side against British Guiana in a five-day non-first-class match in 1956-57.[4]

He later served as Secretary to the West Indies Cricket Board of Control. He also represented Jamaica at football and was a football referee.[5]

Groves was a Roman Catholic. He married Irma Maxwell in 1940, and they had a son and a daughter. He died in Langley, British Columbia, Canada, in 1996.[5]

References

1. Daily Gleaner, 16 January 1950, p. 10. Retrieved 28 August 2014.
2. First-class matches played by John Groves
3. Trinidad v Jamaica 1949-50
4. British Guiana v Jamaica Colts 1956-57
5. Biographies and Profiles of Georgians Retrieved 28 August 2014.

External links

• John Groves at ESPNcricinfo
• John Groves at Cricket Archive