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.
After attending St George's College in Kingston, Groves worked as an accountant.Daily Gleaner, 16 January 1950, p. 10. Retrieved 28 August 2014. 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.First-class matches played by John Groves 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.Trinidad v Jamaica 1949-50 He also captained a Jamaica Colts side against British Guiana in a five-day non-first-class match in 1956-57.British Guiana v Jamaica Colts 1956-57
Groves later served as Secretary to the West Indies Cricket Board of Control. He also represented Jamaica at football and was a football referee.Biographies and Profiles of Georgians Retrieved 28 August 2014.
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.
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External links
John Groves at Cricket Archive