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Full name | Thomas Underwood Groube | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand | 2 September 1857|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 5 August 1927 Melbourne, Australia | (aged 69)|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm medium-pace | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Only Test (cap 20) | 6 September 1880 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1878-79 to 1881-82 | Victoria | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Cricinfo, 28 November 2023 |
Thomas Underwood Groube (2 September 1857 – 5 August 1927) was an Australian cricketer who played in one Test in 1880. He was the first New Zealand-born Test cricketer. [1]
Groube's father was Horatio Groube, a Congregational minister who was among the first white settlers in New Plymouth, where Tom was born. The family left New Zealand in the early 1860s as a result of the Second Taranaki War and settled in Melbourne. Tom's paternal grandfather was a rear-admiral in the Royal Navy. [2] [3]
Five feet eleven inches tall and slimly built, Tom Groube was a successful batsman in Melbourne club cricket in the late 1870s and early 1880s. [4] [5] Between 1878 and 1885 he scored 2350 runs for the East Melbourne club at an average of 44. [6] He played four matches of first-class cricket for Victoria between 1879 and 1881 but with little success. [4] In 1878-79 he averaged 155.33 for East Melbourne, which helped him earn a place in the Australian team to England in 1880. [7] He was a late replacement for Charles Bannerman, who had to withdraw from the selected touring team owing to illness. [8]
Groube's highest first-class score was 61 against Yorkshire in 1880, which was the only time he reached 20 in first-class cricket. [9] He played in the Test at The Oval in 1880, the first-ever Test match in England, but was not successful. [4] He later toured New Zealand with the Australian team in 1880-81, his highest score there being 42 against Canterbury. [10] [11]
In later years Groube wrote about cricket and Australian rules football in Victoria for the Weekly Times and The Herald under the pen-names "Old Cricketer" and "Rover". [4] [6] He conducted the choir at the Congregational church in Hawthorn, Melbourne, for about 40 years. [12] He was survived by his wife and their three sons. [6]
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Full name | Thomas Underwood Groube | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand | 2 September 1857|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 5 August 1927 Melbourne, Australia | (aged 69)|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm medium-pace | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
International information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
National side | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Only Test (cap 20) | 6 September 1880 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Domestic team information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1878-79 to 1881-82 | Victoria | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:
Cricinfo, 28 November 2023 |
Thomas Underwood Groube (2 September 1857 – 5 August 1927) was an Australian cricketer who played in one Test in 1880. He was the first New Zealand-born Test cricketer. [1]
Groube's father was Horatio Groube, a Congregational minister who was among the first white settlers in New Plymouth, where Tom was born. The family left New Zealand in the early 1860s as a result of the Second Taranaki War and settled in Melbourne. Tom's paternal grandfather was a rear-admiral in the Royal Navy. [2] [3]
Five feet eleven inches tall and slimly built, Tom Groube was a successful batsman in Melbourne club cricket in the late 1870s and early 1880s. [4] [5] Between 1878 and 1885 he scored 2350 runs for the East Melbourne club at an average of 44. [6] He played four matches of first-class cricket for Victoria between 1879 and 1881 but with little success. [4] In 1878-79 he averaged 155.33 for East Melbourne, which helped him earn a place in the Australian team to England in 1880. [7] He was a late replacement for Charles Bannerman, who had to withdraw from the selected touring team owing to illness. [8]
Groube's highest first-class score was 61 against Yorkshire in 1880, which was the only time he reached 20 in first-class cricket. [9] He played in the Test at The Oval in 1880, the first-ever Test match in England, but was not successful. [4] He later toured New Zealand with the Australian team in 1880-81, his highest score there being 42 against Canterbury. [10] [11]
In later years Groube wrote about cricket and Australian rules football in Victoria for the Weekly Times and The Herald under the pen-names "Old Cricketer" and "Rover". [4] [6] He conducted the choir at the Congregational church in Hawthorn, Melbourne, for about 40 years. [12] He was survived by his wife and their three sons. [6]