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.

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]