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.
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| Full name | John Miller Groves | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 21 July 1914 Kingston, Jamaica | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 19 January 1996 (aged 81) Langley, British Columbia, Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1934-35 to 1949-50 | Jamaica | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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]
References edit
- ^ Daily Gleaner, 16 January 1950, p. 10. Retrieved 28 August 2014.
- ^ First-class matches played by John Groves
- ^ Trinidad v Jamaica 1949-50
- ^ British Guiana v Jamaica Colts 1956-57
- ^ a b Biographies and Profiles of Georgians Retrieved 28 August 2014.