Tom Groube

Thomas Underwood Groube (2 September 1857 – 5 August 1927) was an Australian cricketer who played in one Test in 1880.

The family left New Zealand in the early 1860s as a result of the Second Taranaki War and settled in Melbourne.

[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] 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.