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 played for a number of football clubs, including Glossop, Chesterfield Town, Manchester United and Rotherham Town. He was killed in action in the First World War.[1]

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

Charles Newcombe
Personal information
Full name
Charles Neil Newcombe
Born(1891-03-16)16 March 1891
Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England
Died27 December 1915(1915-12-27) (aged 24)
Fleurbaix, France
BattingRight-handed
BowlingLeft-arm medium-slow
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1910Derbyshire
Only FC26 May 1910 Derbyshire v Yorkshire
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 1
Runs scored 1
Batting average 0.50
100s/50s 0/0
Top score 1
Balls bowled 72
Wickets 0
Bowling average –
5 wickets in innings –
10 wickets in match –
Best bowling –
Catches/stumpings 0/–
Source: CricketArchive, November 2012

Early life

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.

Cricket career

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.[2]

Football career

Newcombe began his football career at Sheepbridge Works before joining Creswell. He moved to Chesterfield Town ahead of the 1910/11 season and spent the following season there before moving[3] to Rotherham Town.[3] After a brief spell at Manchester United, he made two Football League appearances for Glossop during the 1913/14 season, before finishing his career at Tibshelf Colliery.[4]

Y Farm Military Cemetery

First World War

Newcombe served in the First World War with the 7th (Servicd) Battalion of the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry as a lieutenant and was killed in action at Fleurbaix in France.[2][5] He was buried at Y Farm Military Cemetery, Bois-Grenier.[6][4]

References
  1. "Cricketers who died in World War 1 — Part 4 of 5". Cricket Country. 7 August 2014. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
  2. "The Home of CricketArchive". cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
  3. "Chesterfield FC: Player-based information – 1909–1917". Retrieved 14 November 2018.
  4. "Charles Niel Newcombe | Service Record". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
  5. "Old Cestrefeldians in the Great War" (PDF). p. 16. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
  6. "Casualty". www.cwgc.org. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
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