| Country: | England |
| Fullname: | John Nelson Grover |
| Birth Date: | 21 October 1915 |
| Birth Place: | Hexham, Northumberland, England |
| Death Place: | Waytown, Dorset, England |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Bowling: | Right-arm medium |
| Club1: | Northumberland |
| Year1: | 1935 - 1950 |
| Club2: | Oxford University |
| Year2: | 1936 - 1938 |
| Columns: | 1 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 33 |
| Runs1: | 1,188 |
| Bat Avg1: | 11.20 |
| 100S/50S1: | 3/4 |
| Top Score1: | 121 |
| Deliveries1: | 24 |
| Wickets1: | 0 |
| Bowl Avg1: | – |
| Fivefor1: | – |
| Tenfor1: | – |
| Best Bowling1: | – |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 12/– |
| Date: | 14 June |
| Year: | 2019 |
| Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/13808.html Cricinfo |
John Nelson Grover (21 October 1915 - 17 December 1990) was an English first-class cricketer.
Grover was born at Hexham to Ehret Ernest Grove and his wife, Frieda Grover. He was educated at Winchester College between 1929 - 34,[1] after which he went up to Brasenose College, Oxford.[1] He debuted in minor counties cricket for Northumberland in the 1935 Minor Counties Championship.[2] While studying at the University of Oxford, Grover made his debut in first-class cricket for Oxford University against Yorkshire at Oxford in 1936.[3] In his second match against Lancashire he scored 119 runs.[4] He played eleven first-class matches in 1936,[3] gaining his blue.[4] He played fourteen first-class matches for the university in 1937,[3] but was below his best for most of the season, save for a century against the Minor Counties.[4] He captained Oxford in 1938, playing a further eight matches, though Grover and the team as a whole struggled in the season.[3] He played a total of 33 first-class matches for Oxford, scoring 1,188 runs at an average of 23.76. A free-scoring aggressive batsman, he scored three centuries and made a high score of 121.[5] Following the Second World War, in which his younger brother Charles was killed,[1] Grover returned to playing minor counties cricket for Northumberland, playing for the county until 1950.[2] He died in December 1990 at Waytown, Dorset.