Ernest Coombs

{{short description|English cricketer and British Army officer}}

{{For|the Canadian children's entertainer|Ernie Coombs}}

{{Use British English|date=February 2016}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2021}}

{{Infobox cricketer

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| country = England

| fullname = Ernest Edwin Coombs

| birth_date = 17 December 1875

| birth_place = Croydon, Surrey, England

| death_date = {{death date and age|1960|4|3|1875|12|17|df=yes}}

| death_place = Hove, Sussex, England

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| batting = Unknown

| bowling = Unknown

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| club1 = Europeans

| year1 = 1901/02–1918/19

| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 6

| runs1 = 48

| bat avg1 = 14.00

| 100s/50s1 = –/–

| top score1 = 14

| deliveries1 = 642

| wickets1 = 19

| bowl avg1 = 14.73

| fivefor1 = 2

| tenfor1 = 1

| best bowling1 = 8/32

| catches/stumpings1 = 2/–

| date = 5 June

| year = 2022

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/27738.html ESPNcricinfo

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Ernest Edwin Coombs {{postnominal|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.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/13/13209/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Ernest Coombs|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=2022-06-05|url-access=subscription}} Playing as a bowler, he took 19 wickets in his six matches an average of 14.73.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/13/13209/f_Bowling_by_Team.html|title=First-Class Bowling For Each Team by Ernest Coombs|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=2022-06-05|url-access=subscription}} He took the majority of his wickets in two matches; against the Parsees in 1903 he took five wickets,{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/6/6363.html|title=Europeans v Parsees, Bombay Presidency Match 1903/04|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=2022-06-05|url-access=subscription}} while against the same opposition in 1904 he took 11 wickets.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/6/6605.html|title=Europeans v Parsees, Bombay Presidency Match 1904/05|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=2022-06-05|url-access=subscription}} Coombs was a part–time officer in the Indian Defence Force during the First World War, holding the rank of lieutenant in January 1919.{{London Gazette|issue=31131|date=17 January 1919|page=909}} 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.{{London Gazette|issue=33053|date=2 June 1925|page=3778|supp=y}} He later retired to England, where he died at Hove in April 1960.