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{{short description|English cricketer and British Army officer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2020}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name =
| image =
| country = England
| full_name = John Saxby Maples
| birth_date = 24 October 1913
| birth_place = [[Hackney, London|Hackney]], [[Middlesex]], England
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1958|7|26|1913|10|24}}
| death_place = [[Marlborough, Wiltshire|Marlborough]], [[Wiltshire]], England
| heightft =
| heightinch =
| nickname =
| family =
| batting = Unknown
| bowling = Unknown
| role =
| club1 = [[Karnataka cricket team|Mysore]]
| year1 = 1944/45
| club2 = [[Wiltshire County Cricket Club|Wiltshire]]
| year2 = 1951–1953
| columns = 1
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]
| matches1 = 1
| runs1 = 5
| bat avg1 = 2.50
| 100s/50s1 = –/–
| top score1 = 5
| deliveries1 = 6
| wickets1 = 0
| bowl avg1 = –
| fivefor1 = –
| tenfor1 = –
| best bowling1 = –
| catches/stumpings1 = –/–
| date = 28 June
| year = 2019
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/35994.html ESPNcricinfo
}}

'''John Saxby Maples''' (24 October 1913 – 26 July 1958) was an English first-class [[cricket]]er and [[British Army]] officer.

Maples was born at [[Hackney, London|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#United Kingdom & other Commonwealth countries|second lieutenant]].<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=34635|date=13 June 1939|page=3977}}</ref> He served in the [[Second World War]] with the [[Wiltshire Regiment]]. While serving in [[British India]] he made a [[first-class cricket]] appearance for [[Karnataka cricket team|Mysore]] against [[Tamil Nadu cricket team|Madras]] at [[M. A. Chidambaram Stadium|Madras]] in the 1944–45 [[Ranji Trophy]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/14/14021/First-Class_Matches.html |title=First-Class Matches played by John Maples |publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=2019-06-28 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> Batting twice in the match, he was dismissed [[duck (cricket)|without scoring]] by [[C. R. Rangachari|Commandur Rangachari]] in Mysore's first-innings, while in their second-innings he was dismissed for 5 runs by [[A. G. Ram Singh|Ram Singh]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/17/17460.html |title=Madras v Mysore, 1944/45 Ranji Trophy |publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=2019-06-28 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> Following the war he returned to England, where he began studying at [[Clare College, Cambridge]].<ref>{{cite book |title=Register |last1=Cullum |first1=Sir Thomas Gery |date=1948 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |page=489 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TVE4AAAAMAAJ |language=en}}</ref> He was promoted to the rank of [[Lieutenant (British Army and Royal Marines)|lieutenant]] in April 1950.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=39543|date=16 May 1952|page=2713|supp=y}}</ref> Maples also played [[Minor Counties of English and Welsh cricket|minor counties cricket]] for [[Wiltshire County Cricket Club|Wiltshire]] between 1951–53, making nineteen appearances in the [[Minor Counties Championship]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/14/14021/Minor_Counties_Championship_Matches.html |title=Minor Counties Championship Matches played by John Maples |publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=2019-06-28 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> He died at [[Marlborough, Wiltshire|Marlborough]] in July 1958.

==References==
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==External links==
*{{cricinfo|id=31141}}

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[[Category:1913 births]]
[[Category:1958 deaths]]
[[Category:People from Hackney Central]]
[[Category:Cricketers from the London Borough of Hackney]]
[[Category:People educated at Marlborough College]]
[[Category:Wiltshire Regiment officers]]
[[Category:British Army personnel of World War II]]
[[Category:English cricketers]]
[[Category:Karnataka cricketers]]
[[Category:Alumni of Clare College, Cambridge]]
[[Category:Wiltshire cricketers]]
[[Category:Military personnel from the London Borough of Hackney]]
[[Category:20th-century English sportsmen]]

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