Arthur Coomb

Arthur Grenfell Coomb (3 March 1929 - 29 June 2022) was a former English cricketer who was active in the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s, making five appearances in first-class cricket.[1] He was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium-fast and who played most of his cricket at minor counties level for Bedfordshire and Norfolk.[1]

Arthur Coomb
Personal information
Full name
Arthur Grenfell Coomb
Born(1929-03-03)3 March 1929
Kempston, Bedfordshire, England
Died29 June 2022(2022-06-29) (aged 93)
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium-fast
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1956–1963Norfolk
1951–1953Minor Counties
1947–1955Bedfordshire
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 5
Runs scored 55
Batting average 9.16
100s/50s –/–
Top score 16
Balls bowled 628
Wickets 8
Bowling average 40.12
5 wickets in innings –
10 wickets in match –
Best bowling 3/61
Catches/stumpings 1/–
Source: Cricinfo, 17 November 2013

Early life

Arthur Grenfell Coomb was born at Kempston, Bedfordshire, on 3 March 1929. He was educated at Bedford Modern School between 1938 and 1947 where he was in the First XI in 1944 and 1945 being made Captain in 1946.[2][3] He was also a keen rugby player and was made Captain of the First XV in 1946.[2]

Coomb undertook National Service between 1947 and 1949, and thereafter studied at agricultural college, later working in the agricultural supply industry for an American firm.[2]

Cricket

Coomb made his debut for Bedfordshire in the 1947 Minor Counties Championship against Oxfordshire, a season in which he made three further appearances for the county.[4] While serving in the Royal Navy, Coomb was selected to play for the Combined Services cricket team in a first-class match against Worcestershire in 1948, and made two further first-class appearances for the team in 1949 against Kent and Hampshire.[5] He continued to play minor counties cricket for Bedfordshire during this period, and was selected to play a first-class match for a combined Minor Counties cricket team against Kent in 1951.[5] He played a second first-class match for the Minor Counties against the touring Australians in 1953.[5]

In five appearances in first-class cricket, Coomb took 8 wickets at an average of 40.12, with best figures of 3/16, and he scored 55 runs with a high score of 16.[1] He played for Bedfordshire until 1955, making a total of 40 appearances for them in the Minor Counties Championship.[4] He joined Norfolk for the 1956 Minor Counties Championship, making his debut for the county against Buckinghamshire.[4] He played for Norfolk until 1963, making 42 appearances.[5]

References
  1. "Player profile: Arthur Coomb". CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 November 2013.
  2. Eagle News, Magazine of the Old Bedford Modernians' Club, Number 65, May 1992, p. 17
  3. School of the Black and Red-A History of Bedford Modern School, by Andrew Underwood (1981) ISBN 9780950760803; reset and updated by Boon, Middleton and Wildman, 2010, p. 176
  4. "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Arthur Coomb". CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 November 2013.
  5. "First-Class Matches played by Arthur Coomb". CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 November 2013.
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