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| Full name | Henry Basil Melvin Groves | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 21 April 1896 Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire, England | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 4 April 1992 (aged 95) Durban, Natal, South Africa | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Unknown | ||||||||||||||
| Relations | Mike Groves (son) | ||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||
| 1926/27 | Europeans | ||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 14 December 2023 | |||||||||||||||
Henry Basil Melvin Groves MC (21 April 1896 – 4 April 1992) was an English first-class cricketer and an officer in the British Army. He served with distinction in the Tanks Corps, being awarded the Military Cross (MC) at the Battle of Passchendaele in 1917 and later gained a bar to his MC in 1918. His military career lasted from 1915 to 1947. He also played first-class cricket for the Europeans cricket team in British India.