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{{Infobox cricketer
| name =
| image =
| country = England
| fullname = Ernest Edwin Coombs
| birth_date = 17 December 1875
| birth_place = [[Croydon]], [[Surrey]], England
| death_date = {{death date and age|1960|4|3|1875|12|17|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Hove]], [[Sussex]], England
| nickname =
| family =
| heightft =
| heightinch =
| batting = Unknown
| bowling = Unknown
| role =
| club1 = [[Europeans cricket team|Europeans]]
| year1 = 1901/02–1918/19
| columns = 1
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]
| matches1 = 6
| runs1 = 48
| bat avg1 = 14.00
| 100s/50s1 = –/–
| top score1 = 14
| deliveries1 = 642
| wickets1 = 19
| bowl avg1 = 14.73
| fivefor1 = 2
| tenfor1 = 1
| best bowling1 = 8/32
| catches/stumpings1 = 2/–
| date = 5 June
| year = 2022
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/27738.html Cricinfo
}}

'''Ernest Edwin Coombs''' {{postnominal|CIE}} (17 December 1875 — 3 April 1960) was an English [[cricket]]er.

Coombs was born at [[Croydon]] in December 1875. He would spend much of his adult life in [[British India]], where he played [[first-class cricket]] in the [[Bombay Quadrangular|Bombay Presidency]] matches for the [[Europeans cricket team]] on six occasions between August 1901 and September 1918.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/13/13209/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Ernest Coombs|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=2022-06-05|url-access=subscription}}</ref> Playing as a bowler, he took 19 wickets in his six matches an [[bowling average|average]] of 14.73.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/13/13209/f_Bowling_by_Team.html|title=First-Class Bowling For Each Team by Ernest Coombs|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=2022-06-05|url-access=subscription}}</ref> He took the majority of his wickets in two matches; against the [[Parsees cricket team|Parsees]] in 1903 he took [[five wicket haul|five wickets]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/6/6363.html|title=Europeans v Parsees, Bombay Presidency Match 1903/04|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=2022-06-05|url-access=subscription}}</ref> while against the same opposition in 1904 he took 11 wickets.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/6/6605.html|title=Europeans v Parsees, Bombay Presidency Match 1904/05|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=2022-06-05|url-access=subscription}}</ref> Coombs was a part–time officer in the [[Indian Defence Force]] during the [[First World War]], holding the rank of [[Lieutenant (British Army and Royal Marines)|lieutenant]] in January 1919.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=31131|date=17 January 1919|page=909}}</ref> By 1925, he was employed as a Superintendent of Government Printing and Stationery at [[Mumbai|Bombay]]. In recognition of his services, Coombs was made a Companion of the [[Order of the Indian Empire]] in the [[1925 Birthday Honours]].<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=33053|date=2 June 1925|page=3778|supp=y}}</ref> He later retired to England, where he died at [[Hove]] in April 1960.

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{cricinfo|id=27738}}

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[[Category:People from Croydon]]
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