John Elliott Banks (26 May 1903 – 20 October 1979) was a cricketer who played

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from 1924 to 1926. Banks was born in England and moved to New Zealand with his family in about 1909. A middle-order batsman, his highest first-class score was 76

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, the highest score of the match when Wellington beat the touring Victorian team narrowly in 1924–25. In November 1925 he was selected in the New Zealand team to tour Australia that summer, but he was unavailable and had to withdraw; he was replaced by

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. Later that month, playing for Institute against Wellington, he scored 260, setting a new record for senior club cricket in Wellington. Banks later served as treasurer of the Wellington Cricket Association.

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