John Groves (cricketer)

John Miller Groves (21 July 1914 – 19 January 1996) was a Jamaican 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
Died19 January 1996(1996-01-19) (aged 81)
Langley, British Columbia, Canada
Height5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
BattingRight-handed
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1934-35 to 1949-50Jamaica
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 in Kingston, Groves 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]

Groves 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]

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