Full name Arthur Grenfell Coomb 1951–1953 Minor Counties Batting style Right-handed 1947–1955 Bedfordshire | Name Arthur Coomb 1956–1963 Norfolk Role Cricket Player | |
Born 3 March 1929 (age 95) ( 1929-03-03 ) Kempston, Bedfordshire, England | ||
Bowling style Right-arm medium-fast | ||
Arthur Grenfell Coomb (born 3 March 1929) is a former English cricketer who was active in the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s, making five appearances in first-class cricket. Born at Kempston, Bedfordshire, Coomb was educated at Bedford Modern School. He was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium-fast and who played most of his cricket at minor counties level for Bedfordshire and Norfolk.
Career
Coomb made his debut for Bedfordshire in the 1947 Minor Counties Championship against Oxfordshire, a season in which he made three further appearances for the county. As a serving member of the Royal Navy, Coomb was selected to play for the Combined Services cricket team in a first-class match against Worcestershire in 1948, before making two further first-class appearances for the team in 1949 against Kent and Hampshire. He continued to play minor counties cricket for Bedfordshire during this period, with him being selected to play a first-class match for a combined Minor Counties cricket team against Kent in 1951. He later played a final first-class match for the Minor Counties against the touring Australians in 1953. In five appearances in first-class cricket, Coomb took 8 wickets at an average of 40.12, with best figures of 3/16, while with the bat he scored 55 runs with a high score of 16. He played for Bedfordshire until 1955, having made a total of forty appearances in the Minor Counties Championship. He joined Norfolk for the 1956 Minor Counties Championship, making his debut for the county against Buckinghamshire. He played for Norfolk until 1963, making 42 appearances.