Charles Newcombe, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetCharles Newcombe
English cricketer
Date of Birth: 16-Mar-1891
Place of Birth: Great Yarmouth, England, United Kingdom
Date of Death: 27-Dec-1915
Profession: cricketer
Zodiac Sign: Pisces 
About Charles Newcombe
- 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 league football for Chesterfield Town 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 Town in the 1910–11 and 1911–12 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.
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