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Full name | Michael Godfrey Melvin Groves | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Taihape, Manawatu, New Zealand | 14 January 1943||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm fast-medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Batsman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Relations | Henry Groves (father) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1960/61 | Western Province | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1963–1966 | Oxford University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1965 | Somerset | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
FC debut | 21 January 1961 Western Province v Border | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last FC | 4 June 1968 Free Foresters v Oxford University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricInfo, 11 June 2011 |
Michael Godfrey Melvin Groves (born 14 January 1943) is a former cricketer who played first-class cricket for Western Province, Oxford University, Somerset County Cricket Club, Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) and the Free Foresters between 1961 and 1968.[1] He was born at Taihape, Manawatu, New Zealand.