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| Full name | Arthur Grenfell Coomb | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 3 March 1929 Kempston, Bedfordshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 29 June 2022 (aged 93) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium-fast | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1956–1963 | Norfolk | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1951–1953 | Minor Counties | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1947–1955 | Bedfordshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:Cricinfo,17 November 2013 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 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]
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]
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