John Grover (cricketer)

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.

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