John Grover (cricketer)
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| Full name | John Nelson Grover | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 21 October 1915 Hexham, Northumberland, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 17 December 1990 (aged 75) Waytown, Dorset, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1935–1950 | Northumberland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1936–1938 | Oxford University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 14 June 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
John Nelson Grover (21 October 1915 – 17 December 1990) was an English first-class cricketer.
Grover was born at Hexham to Ehret Ernest Grove and his wife, Frieda Grover. He was educated at Winchester College between 1929–34,[1] after which he went up to Brasenose College, Oxford.[1] He debuted in minor counties cricket for Northumberland in the 1935 Minor Counties Championship.[2] While studying at the University of Oxford, Grover made his debut in first-class cricket for Oxford University against Yorkshire at Oxford in 1936.[3] In his second match against Lancashire he scored 119 runs.[4] He played eleven first-class matches in 1936,[3] gaining his blue.[4] He played fourteen first-class matches for the university in 1937,[3] but was below his best for most of the season, save for a century against the Minor Counties.[4] He captained Oxford in 1938, playing a further eight matches, though Grover and the team as a whole struggled in the season.[3] He played a total of 33 first-class matches for Oxford, scoring 1,188 runs at an average of 23.76. A free-scoring aggressive batsman, he scored three centuries and made a high score of 121.[5] Following the Second World War, in which his younger brother Charles was killed,[1] Grover returned to playing minor counties cricket for Northumberland, playing for the county until 1950.[2] He died in December 1990 at Waytown, Dorset.
References[edit]
- ^ a b c "Grover, Charles Anthony Malcolm". Winchester College. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
- ^ a b "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by John Grover". CricketArchive. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
- ^ a b c d "First-Class Matches played by John Grover". CricketArchive. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
- ^ a b c "Wisden - Obituaries in 1991". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
- ^ "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by John Grover". CricketArchive. Retrieved 14 June 2019.