Jeremy Groome

{{short description|English cricketer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2016}}

{{Use British English|date=March 2016}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name =

| country = England

| fullname = Jeremy Jonathan Groome

| nickname =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1955|4|7|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Aldwick, Bognor Regis, Sussex, England

| heightft =

| heightinch =

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| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Right-arm off break

| role =

| family =

| club1 = Sussex

| year1 = 1974–1978

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| columns = 2

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 40

| runs1 = 1,120

| bat avg1 = 15.77

| 100s/50s1 = –/6

| top score1 = 86

| deliveries1 = 6

| wickets1 = –

| bowl avg1 = –

| fivefor1 = –

| tenfor1 = –

| best bowling1 = –

| catches/stumpings1 = 19/–

| column2 = List A

| matches2 = 44

| runs2 = 572

| bat avg2 = 15.45

| 100s/50s2 = –/2

| top score2 = 72

| deliveries2 = –

| wickets2 = –

| bowl avg2 = –

| fivefor2 = –

| tenfor2 = –

| best bowling2 = –

| catches/stumpings2 = 13/–

| date = 12 March

| year = 2012

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/13804.html Cricinfo

}}

Jeremy Jonathan Groome (born 7 April 1955) is a former English cricketer. Groome was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born at Aldwick, Bognor Regis, Sussex and educated at Seaford College.

In July 1974, Groome featured in a single Youth Test match for England Young Cricketers against the touring West Indies Young Cricketers.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/29/29831/Youth_Test_Matches.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120722233715/http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/29/29831/Youth_Test_Matches.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=22 July 2012 |title=Youth Test Matches played by Jeremy Groome |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=12 March 2012 }} Earlier in that same season, Groome made his first-class debut for Sussex against Northamptonshire in the 1974 County Championship. He made 39 further first-class appearances for the county, the last of which came against Gloucestershire in the 1978 County Championship.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/29/29831/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Jeremy Groome|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=12 March 2012}} In his 40 first-class matches for Sussex, he scored a total of 1,120 runs at an average of 15.77, with a high score of 86.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/29/29831/f_Batting_by_Team.html|title=First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Jeremy Groome|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=12 March 2012}} One of six first-class half centuries he made, this score came against Middlesex in 1975.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/35/35539.html|title=Middlesex v Sussex, 1975 County Championship|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=12 March 2012}} Groome made his debut in List A cricket for the county in his debut season, against Kent in the Benson & Hedges Cup. He made 43 further List A appearances for the county, the last of which came against Gloucestershire in the 1978 John Player League.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/29/29831/List_A_Matches.html|title=List A Matches played by Jeremy Groome|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=12 March 2012}} In his 44 List A appearances, he scored a total of 572 runs at an average of 15.45, with a high score of 72.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/29/29831/a_Batting_by_Team.html|title=List A Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Jeremy Groome|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=12 March 2012}}