Leslie Joseph Groves (9 June 1911 – 4 September 1990) was a New Zealand sportsman. He played 16
first-class matches for
Otago
Otago (, ; mi, Ōtākou ) is a region of New Zealand located in the southern half of the South Island administered by the Otago Regional Council. It has an area of approximately , making it the country's second largest local government reg ...
between the 1929–30 and 1949–50 seasons.
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''.
[McCarron A (2010) ''New Zealand Cricketers 1863/64–2010'', p. 60. Cardiff: The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. ]
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1911 births
1990 deaths
New Zealand cricketers
Otago cricketers
Cricketers from Dunedin
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