Charles Newcombe

Charles Neil Newcombe (16 March 1891 – 27 December 1915) was an English cricketer and footballer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire in 1910 and league football for Chesterfield Town and Rotherham Town. He was killed in action in the First World War.[2]

For the British botanist and ethnographic researcher, see Charles F. Newcombe.

Charles Newcombe
Personal information
Full nameCharles Neil Newcombe[1]
Born(1891-03-16)16 March 1891
Great Yarmouth, England
Died27 December 1915(1915-12-27) (aged 24)[1]
Fleurbaix, France
BattingRight-handed batsman
BowlingLeft-arm medium slow bowler
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1910Derbyshire
First-class debut26 May 1910 Derbyshire v Yorkshire
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 1
Runs scored 1
Batting average 0.50
100s/50s /
Top score 1
Balls bowled 72
Wickets 0
Bowling average
5 wickets in innings
10 wickets in match
Best bowling 0–32
Catches/stumpings 0/-
Source: , November 2012

Newcombe was born in Great Yarmouth, the son of E. Percy G. Newcombe and Helen Ada L. Newcombe, later of Matlock. He was educated at Chesterfield School, where he was head boy.

Newcombe made a single first-class appearance for Derbyshire in the 1910 season against Yorkshire in May, when he hit wicket after 1 run in the first innings and was bowled out for a duck by Drake in the second. He was a right-handed batsman and a left-arm slow-medium bowler although he never bowled a first-class ball.[1]

Newcombe played football for Creswell. He was a forward for Chesterfield Town in the 1910–11 and 1911–12 seasons.[3] He subsequently went to Rotherham Town.[3]

Y Farm Military Cemetery

Newcombe served in the First World War in the 7th Bn King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry as a lieutenant and was killed in action at Fleurbaix in France.[1][4] He was buried at Y Farm Military Cemetery, Bois-Grenier.[5]

References
  1. "The Home of CricketArchive". cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
  2. "Cricketers who died in World War 1 — Part 4 of 5". Cricket Country. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
  3. "Chesterfield FC: Player-based information – 1909–1917". Retrieved 14 November 2018.
  4. "Old Cestrefeldians in the Great War" (PDF). p. 16. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
  5. "Casualty". www.cwgc.org. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
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