deliveries death_date debutyear columns catches/stumpings year birth_date bowling debutagainst country death_place club batting name fullname debutfor birth_place column debutdate source type date runs wickets s/s matches article_title
balls 72 27 december 1915 1910 1 0 / - 1910 16 march 1891 left-arm medium slow bowler yorkshire england fleurbaix , france derbyshire right-handed batsman charles newcombe charles neil newcombe derbyshire great yarmouth , england first-class 26 may http://cricketarchive.com/archive/players/31/31697/31697.html first-class 1891 3 16 yes 1 0 / 1 charles newcombe

charles newcombe

charles neil newcombe -lrb- 16 march 1891 -- 27 december 1915 -rrb- was an english cricketer and footballer who played first-class cricket for derbyshire in 1910 , and league football for chesterfield f. c. and rotherham town .
he was killed in action in the first world war .
newcombe was born in great yarmouth , the son of e. percy g. newcombe and helen ada l. newcombe , later of matlock .
he was educated at chesterfield school , where he was head boy .
newcombe made a single first-class appearance for derbyshire in the 1910 season against yorkshire in may , when he hit wicket after 1 run in the first innings and was bowled out for a duck by drake in the second .
he was a right-handed batsman and a left-arm slow-medium bowler although he never bowled a first-class ball .
newcombe played football for creswell .
he was a forward for chesterfield f.c. in the 1910-1911 , and 1911-1912 seasons .
he subsequently went to rotherham town .
newcombe served in the first world war in the 7th bn king 's own yorkshire light infantry as a lieutenant and was killed in action at fleurbaix in france .
he was buried at y farm military cemetery , bois-grenier
