John Howard Comber (8 January 1861 – 1903) was an English cricketer. Comber's batting and bowling style is unknown. He was born at Brighton, Sussex and died at Lowell, Massachusetts.
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| Full name | John Howard Comber | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 8 January 1861 Brighton, Sussex, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 1903 Lowell, Massachusetts, USA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Unknown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Unknown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1885 | Sussex | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 15 December 2011 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comber made his first-class debut for Sussex against Kent at Bat and Ball Ground, Gravesend in 1885. He made two further first-class appearances for Sussex that season, against Hampshire at the County Ground, Southampton and Gloucestershire at the College Ground, Cheltenham.[1] He struggled in his three first-class matches, scoring just 28 runs at an average of 5.60, with a high score of 8.[2]
At some point later in his life he moved to the United States where in 1892 he is recorded as an "overseer" in his marriage to Lucy Johnson in Lowell, Massachusetts; they had a daughter, also Lucy, in 1895. He featured in a match for Massachusetts against Lord Hawke's XI in 1894.[3] He died in 1903, but the precise date of death is not known.[4]
References
edit- ^ "First-Class Matches played by John Comber". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 December 2011.
- ^ "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by John Comber". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 December 2011.
- ^ "Massachusetts v Lord Hawke's XI, 1894". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 December 2011.
- ^ "John Howard Comber". Find-A-Grave. Retrieved 23 May 2013.
External links
edit- John Comber at ESPNcricinfo
- John Comber at CricketArchive