John Saxby Maples (24 October 1913 – 26 July 1958) was an English first-class cricketer and British Army officer.
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| Full name | John Saxby Maples | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 24 October 1913 Hackney, Middlesex, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 26 July 1958 (aged 44) Marlborough, Wiltshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Unknown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Unknown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1944/45 | Mysore | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1951–1953 | Wiltshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: ESPNcricinfo, 28 June 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Maples was born at Hackney in November 1913. He was educated at Marlborough College, where he served in the Marlborough College contingent of the Officers' Training Corps as a second lieutenant.[1] He served in the Second World War with the Wiltshire Regiment. While serving in British India he made a first-class cricket appearance for Mysore against Madras at Madras in the 1944–45 Ranji Trophy.[2] Batting twice in the match, he was dismissed without scoring by Commandur Rangachari in Mysore's first-innings, while in their second-innings he was dismissed for 5 runs by Ram Singh.[3] Following the war he returned to England, where he began studying at Clare College, Cambridge.[4] He was promoted to the rank of lieutenant in April 1950.[5] Maples also played minor counties cricket for Wiltshire between 1951–53, making nineteen appearances in the Minor Counties Championship.[6] He died at Marlborough in July 1958.
References edit
- ^ "No. 34635". The London Gazette. 13 June 1939. p. 3977.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by John Maples". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
- ^ "Madras v Mysore, 1944/45 Ranji Trophy". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
- ^ Cullum, Sir Thomas Gery (1948). Register. Cambridge University Press. p. 489.
- ^ "No. 39543". The London Gazette (Supplement). 16 May 1952. p. 2713.
- ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by John Maples". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 June 2019.