Leslie Groves
Personal information
Born(1911-06-09)9 June 1911
Dunedin, New Zealand
Died4 September 1990(1990-09-04) (aged 79)
Dunedin, New Zealand
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 13 May 2016

Leslie Groves (9 June 1911 – 4 September 1990) was a New Zealand sportsman. He played 16 first-class matches for Otago between 1929 and 1950.[1]

Groves was born at Dunedin in 1911 and educated at Otago Boys' High School in the city. He worked as a manager. As well as cricket, Groves played association football for Otago and represented the New Zealand national football team. Following his death in 1990 obituaries were published in the 1991 New Zealand Cricket Almanack and in Wisden.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Leslie Groves". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 13 May 2016.
  2. ↑ McCarron A (2010) New Zealand Cricketers 1863/64–2010, p. 60. Cardiff: The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. ISBN 978 1 905138 98 2


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