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Ernest Leith Tomkins (15 February 1869 – 17 May 1927) was an English first-class cricketer and British Army officer.

The son of Major-General William Percival Tomkins and his wife, Annie, he was born in British Burma at Rangoon in February 1869. He was educated at Wellington College, before attending the Royal Military Academy. He graduated in February 1888 as a second lieutenant into the Royal Artillery, with promotion to lieutenant in February 1891. He was seconded in September 1897 to the Indian Ordnance Department, with promotion to captain following during his secondment in October 1898. Tomkins played first-class cricket in British India as a wicket-keeper for the Europeans cricket team on two occasions against the Parsees in the Bombay Presidency Matches of 1899 and 1900. He scored 67 runs at an average of 22.33; his highest score of 65 came in the 1899 fixture, and was the second highest score of the Europeans first innings, behind J. G. Greig's 184.

Tomkins was later promoted to major in December 1908, before serving in the First World War, during which he was promoted to lieutenant colonel in February 1916. Following four years service as a regimental lieutenant colonel, he was placed on the half-pay list in January 1921 and was removed from the Reserve of Officers in March 1924, having obtained the age limit of liability to recall. Tomkins was married to Marie-Louise Marigny, a Frenchwoman. Their son, Edward, was a British diplomat. Tomkins died in France at Dieppe in May 1927.

References

1. Bevir, Joseph Louis (1906). Wellington College Register. Wellington College. p. 308.
2. "No. 25790". The London Gazette. 24 February 1888. p. 1225.
3. "No. 26139". The London Gazette. 27 February 1891. p. 1120.
4. "No. 26887". The London Gazette. 31 August 1897. p. 4876.
5. "No. 27021". The London Gazette. 8 November 1898. p. 6511.
6. "First-Class Matches played by Ernest Tomkins". CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
7. "First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Ernest Tomkins". CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
8. "Europeans v Parsees, Bombay Presidency Match 1899/00". CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
9. The New Army List and Militia List. 1911. p. 75.
10. "No. 29533". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 March 1916. p. 3541.
11. "No. 32922". The London Gazette. 28 March 1924. p. 2609.
12. Townsend (ed.), Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry, 18th ed., vol. 2, 1968, p. 43
13. Wills and estates. The Scotsman. 8 July 1927. p. 7

External links

• Ernest Tomkins at ESPNcricinfo

• 1869 births
• 1927 deaths
• Sportspeople from Yangon
• Military personnel from Yangon
• People educated at Wellington College, Berkshire
• Graduates of the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich
• Royal Artillery officers
• English cricketers
• Europeans cricketers
• British Army personnel of World War I
• British expatriates in British Burma
• British people in colonial India
• 19th-century British Army personnel