Full name Brian Arthur Gomm Name Brian Gomm | Batting style Right-handed | |
Died 23 April 1995(1995-04-23) (aged 76)Peterborough, England | ||
Bowling style Left-arm medium pace | ||
Brian Arthur Gomm (24 June 1918 at Castle Cary, Somerset – 23 April 1995 at Peterborough) was a cricketer who played two first-class matches for Somerset in 1939.
Gomm batted at No 8 in the first Somerset innings of the match against Essex at Wells, and at No 4 in the second innings. In a very low-scoring game, in which Somerset's two innings only totalled 123 runs, he made 0 and 5. In Somerset's next match, against Northamptonshire at Northampton, Gomm batted at No 9 and scored 2, but was not called upon in the second innings. He bowled three eight-ball overs without success. He batted right-handed, and bowled left-arm medium pace.
In 1949 and 1950, he played in non-first-class matches for The Army as a batsman only, scoring 84 in one innings against the Royal Air Force at Lord's.
Military career
Gomm was listed in the London Gazette in 1941 as a second lieutenant with the Indian Armoured Corps in the Indian Army. He was transferred in 1942 to the Royal Corps of Signals. He remained with the Royal Corps of Signals into postwar peacetime and eventually retired with the rank of Major in 1955.