John Maples (cricketer)

John Saxby Maples (24 October 1913 – 26 July 1958) was an English first-class cricketer and British Army officer.

John Maples

Personal information
Full name	John Saxby Maples
Born	24 October 1913 Hackney, Middlesex, England
Died	26 July 1958 (aged 44) Marlborough, Wiltshire, England
Batting	Unknown
Bowling	Unknown
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1944/45	Mysore
1951–1953	Wiltshire
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 1 Runs scored 5 Batting average 2.50 100s/50s –/– Top score 5 Balls bowled 6 Wickets 0 Bowling average – 5 wickets in innings – 10 wickets in match – Best bowling – Catches/stumpings –/–
Source: Cricinfo, 28 June 2019

Maples was born at Hackney in November 1913. He was educated at Marlborough College, where he served in the Marlborough College contingent of the Officers' Training Corps as a second lieutenant.[1] He served in the Second World War with the Wiltshire Regiment. While serving in British India he made a first-class cricket appearance for Mysore against Madras at Madras in the 1944–45 Ranji Trophy.[2] Batting twice in the match, he was dismissed without scoring by Commandur Rangachari in Mysore's first-innings, while in their second-innings he was dismissed for 5 runs by Ram Singh.[3] Following the war he returned to England, where he began studying at Clare College, Cambridge.[4] He was promoted to the rank of lieutenant in April 1950.[5] Maples also played minor counties cricket for Wiltshire between 1951–53, making nineteen appearances in the Minor Counties Championship.[6] He died at Marlborough in July 1958.

References

1. "No. 34635". The London Gazette. 13 June 1939. p. 3977.
2. "First-Class Matches played by John Maples". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
3. "Madras v Mysore, 1944/45 Ranji Trophy". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
4. Cullum, Sir Thomas Gery (1948). Register. Cambridge University Press. p. 489.
5. "No. 39543". The London Gazette (Supplement). 16 May 1952. p. 2713.
6. "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by John Maples". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 June 2019.

External links

• John Maples at ESPNcricinfo