Charles Newcombe

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title: "Charles Newcombe" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["1891-births", "1915-deaths", "military-personnel-from-great-yarmouth", "english-cricketers", "derbyshire-cricketers", "king's-own-yorkshire-light-infantry-officers", "british-army-personnel-of-world-war-i", "british-military-personnel-killed-in-world-war-i", "sportspeople-from-great-yarmouth", "cricketers-from-norfolk", "20th-century-english-sportsmen"] description: "English sportsman" topic_path: "history" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Newcombe" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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Field	Value
name	Charles Newcombe
country	England
fullname	Charles Neil Newcombe
birth_date
birth_place	Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England
death_date
death_place	Fleurbaix, France
batting	Right-handed
bowling	Left-arm medium-slow
club1	Derbyshire
year1	1910
type1	FC
debutdate1	26 May
debutyear1	1910
debutfor1	Derbyshire
debutagainst1	Yorkshire
onetype1	true
columns	1
column1	First-class
matches1	1
runs1	1
bat avg1	0.50
100s/50s1	0/0
top score1	1
deliveries1	72
wickets1	0
bowl avg1	–
fivefor1	–
tenfor1	–
best bowling1	–
catches/stumpings1	0/–
date	November
year	2012
source	https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/31/31697/31697.html CricketArchive
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| name = Charles Newcombe | image = | country = England | fullname = Charles Neil Newcombe | height = | nickname = | birth_date = | birth_place = Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England | death_date = | death_place = Fleurbaix, France | batting = Right-handed | bowling = Left-arm medium-slow | role = | club1 = Derbyshire | year1 = 1910 | type1 = FC | debutdate1 = 26 May | debutyear1 = 1910 | debutfor1 = Derbyshire | debutagainst1 = Yorkshire | onetype1 = true | columns = 1 | column1 = First-class | matches1 = 1 | runs1 = 1 | bat avg1 = 0.50 | 100s/50s1 = 0/0 | top score1 = 1 | deliveries1 = 72 | wickets1 = 0 | bowl avg1 = – | fivefor1 = – | tenfor1 = – | best bowling1 = – | catches/stumpings1 = 0/– | date = November | year = 2012 | source = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/31/31697/31697.html CricketArchive Charles Neil Newcombe (16 March 1891 – 27 December 1915) was an English cricketer and footballer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire in 1910 and played for a number of football clubs, including Glossop, Chesterfield Town, Manchester United and Rotherham Town. He was killed in action in the First World War.

Early life

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.

Cricket career

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.

Football career

Newcombe began his football career at Sheepbridge Works before joining Creswell. He moved to Chesterfield Town ahead of the 1910/11 season and spent the following season there before moving to Rotherham Town. After a brief spell at Manchester United, he made two Football League appearances for Glossop during the 1913/14 season, before finishing his career at Tibshelf Colliery. ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d3/Y_Farm_Military_Cemetery.JPG" caption="Y Farm Military Cemetery"] ::

First World War

Newcombe served in the First World War with the 7th (Servicee Battalion of the 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.

References

References

1. (7 August 2014). "Cricketers who died in World War 1 — Part 4 of 5". Cricket Country.
2. "The Home of CricketArchive".
3. "Chesterfield FC: Player-based information – 1909–1917".
4. "Charles Niel Newcombe {{!}} Service Record".
5. "Old Cestrefeldians in the Great War".
6. "Casualty".

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