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Ernest Edwin Coombs OBE (17 December 1875 — 3 April 1960) was an English cricketer.

Coombs was born at Croydon in December 1875. He would spend much of his adult life in British India, where he played first-class cricket in the Bombay Presidency matches for the Europeans cricket team on six occasions between August 1901 and September 1918. Playing as a bowler, he took 19 wickets in his six matches an average of 14.73. He took the majority of his wickets in two matches; against the Parsees in 1903 he took five wickets, while against the same opposition in 1904 he took 11 wickets. Coombs was a part–time officer in the Indian Defence Force during the First World War, holding the rank of lieutenant in January 1919. By 1925, he was employed as a Superintendent of Government Printing and Stationery at Bombay. In recognition of his services, Coombs was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 1925 Birthday Honours. He later retired to England, where he died at Hove in April 1960.

References

1. "First-Class Matches played by Ernest Coombs". CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 June 2022.
2. "First-Class Bowling For Each Team by Ernest Coombs". CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 June 2022.
3. "Europeans v Parsees, Bombay Presidency Match 1903/04". CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 June 2022.
4. "Europeans v Parsees, Bombay Presidency Match 1904/05". CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 June 2022.
5. "No. 31131". The London Gazette. 17 January 1919. p. 909.
6. "No. 33053". The London Gazette (Supplement). 2 June 1925. p. 3778.

External links

• Ernest Coombs at ESPNcricinfo

• 1875 births
• 1960 deaths
• Cricketers from the London Borough of Croydon
• People from Croydon
• English cricketers
• Europeans cricketers
• Indian Defence Force officers
• Officers of the Order of the British Empire