Thomas Coombe

Sir Thomas Melrose Coombe (3 Disamba 1873 - 22 Yuli 1959) ya kasance ɗan wasan ƙwallon ƙafa na Australiya, ɗan kasuwa kuma mai ba da agaji, wanda aka fi sani da rawar da ya taka a Masana'antar fina-finai ta Yammacin Australia.

 Rayuwa ta farko 
An haifi Coombe a Melrose, Kudancin Australia, ga Thomas Coombe da matarsa Sarah (née Beddome). Mahaifinsa, na zuriyar Cornish, ɗan kasuwa ne na katako da ƙarfe wanda ya yi aiki a matsayin magajin garin Broken Hill a cikin 1890, bayan da ya taɓa zama a Port Pirie . Ya koma Yammacin Ostiraliya a shekara ta 1895, bayan zinariya, inda ya kafa a matsayin mai samar da kayan gini, kuma daga baya ya yi aiki a matsayin magajin gari na Kudancin Perth daga 1906 zuwa 1907.

Ɗansa ya yi karatu a Makarantar Caterer, Norwood; Kwalejin Hahndorf, Hahndorf; da Kwalejin Prince Alfred, Adelaide.  Ya koma tare da iyalinsa zuwa Perth, inda ya kafa kansa a matsayin mai shigo da kayan wasanni.

Coombe ya buga wasan kurket ga Claremont-Cottesloe Cricket Club,  kuma ya wakilci Yammacin Australia a kan wasu bangarorin yawon shakatawa daga jihohin gabas.  Wasan da ya yi a aji na farko shi ne da Kudancin Australia a WACA Ground a watan Janairun 1906. Bucking a lamba biyar a Duck biyun, Algy Gehrs ya kama shi kuma ya jefa shi kwallo a cikin innings na farko, kuma ya yi 15 a cikin inning na biyu kafin a kama shi daga wasan kwaikwayo na Pat Travers. Coombe daga baya ya yi aiki a matsayin umpire a wasan farko na farko lokacin da Kudancin Australia ya zagaya a ƙarshen kakar 1908-09. 

 Ayyukan kasuwanci 
A cikin 1910, Coombe ya kafa haɗin gwiwa tare da Thomas James West, mai baje kolin fina-finai na Burtaniya wanda ke da mafi girman zagaye na fina-fakka a Ostiraliya. A shekara ta 1913, ya zama manajan darektan Union Cinemas, wanda aka kafa daga hadewar kamfanin West da mai fafatawa. Coombe ya ba da kuɗin gina manyan gidajen silima da yawa a Perth da Fremantle, gami da gidan wasan kwaikwayo na Yarima na Wales a kan titin Murray, gidan wasan kwaikwayo ya Ambassadors a kan titun Hay, da gidan wasan kwaikwayon Princess a Fremantle. Coombe ya kuma yi aiki a matsayin shugaban kungiyar Manajojin gidan wasan kwaikwayo daga 1921 zuwa 1928. A shekara ta 1928, ya yi ritaya daga matsayin manajan amma ya ci gaba a matsayin darektan Union Cinemas.

 Rayuwa ta mutum 
Coombe sanannen mai ba da agaji ne. A matsayinsa a cikin Kungiyar Manajojin gidan wasan kwaikwayo, ya tara kuɗi mai yawa don dalilai daban-daban, kuma ya jagoranci Kungiyar Boy Scouts ta Yammacin Australia. A shekara ta 1921, ya kafa Coombe Scholarships, tare da gudummawar £ 5000.

Coombe ya zama jarumi a lokacin ziyarar da ya kai Ingila a watan Yunin 1924, "don nuna godiya ga ayyukansa na jama'a".[1] Koyaya, a cikin 1931, an gurfanar da shi kuma an same shi da laifin kauce wa harajin samun kudin shiga, kuma an ci tarar £ 100. Bayan Union Cinemas ya rushe a wannan shekarar, an tilasta wa Coombe sayar da yawancin dukiyarsa, kodayake 'ya'yansa maza sun kasance a cikin kasuwancin fim. Daga baya ya koma Glenelg, wani yanki na Adelaide, sannan zuwa Surrey a Ingila, inda ya mutu a shekara ta 1959.[2]

 Manazarta 
Coombe, Sir Thomas Melrose (1873–1959)Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 15 October 2011.
Rukuni:Mutuwan 1959