Tom Groube facts for kids
The Australians in 1880. Tom Groube is standing at the far right.
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Thomas Underwood Groube
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| Born | 2 September 1857 New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand |
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| Died | 5 August 1927 (aged 69) Melbourne, Australia |
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| 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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Source: Cricinfo
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Thomas Underwood Groube (born September 2, 1857 – died August 5, 1927) was an Australian cricket player. He played in one special international match called a Test in 1880. Tom Groube was also the very first Test cricketer to be born in New Zealand.
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Early Life and Family Background
Tom Groube was born in New Plymouth, New Zealand. His father, Horatio Groube, was a minister. The family moved from New Zealand to Melbourne, Australia, in the early 1860s. This move happened because of a conflict known as the Second Taranaki War. Tom's grandfather on his father's side was a high-ranking officer, a rear-admiral, in the Royal Navy.
Cricket Career Highlights
Tom Groube was a tall and slender player, standing five feet eleven inches (about 180 cm) tall. He was a good batsman for his club team, East Melbourne, in the late 1870s and early 1880s. Between 1878 and 1885, he scored 2350 runs for his club.
He also played four matches of first-class cricket for the Victoria state team between 1879 and 1881. In 1878-79, his strong performance for East Melbourne helped him get chosen for the Australian team that toured England in 1880. He joined the team as a replacement for another player, Charles Bannerman, who was too sick to go.
During the 1880 tour, Tom Groube scored his highest first-class score of 61 runs against a team called Yorkshire. This was the only time he scored more than 20 runs in a first-class match. He played in his only Test match at a famous ground called The Oval in 1880. This was the first-ever Test match played in England. After that, he toured New Zealand with the Australian team in 1880-81. His best score there was 42 runs against the Canterbury team.
Life After Cricket
In his later years, Tom Groube became a writer. He wrote about cricket and Australian rules football for newspapers in Victoria, like the Weekly Times and The Herald. He used special pen-names like "Old Cricketer" and "Rover" for his articles.
Tom also loved music. For about 40 years, he led the choir at the Congregational church in Hawthorn, a suburb of Melbourne. He lived a long life and was survived by his wife and their three sons.
More About Cricket
- List of Victoria first-class cricketers
