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{{short description|English cricketer and British Army officer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name =
| image =
| country = England
| full_name = Ernest Leith Tomkins
| birth_date = 15 February 1869
| birth_place = [[Yangon|Rangoon]], [[British rule in Burma|Burma]], British India
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1927|5|27|1869|2|15}}
| death_place = [[Dieppe]], [[Normandy (administrative region)|Normandy]], France
| heightft =
| heightinch =
| nickname =
| family =
| batting = Right-handed
| bowling =
| role = [[Wicket-keeper]]
| club1 = [[Europeans cricket team|Europeans]]
| year1 = {{nowrap|1899/00–1900/01}}
| columns = 1
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]
| matches1 = 2
| runs1 = 67
| bat avg1 = 22.33
| 100s/50s1 = –/1
| top score1 = 65
| hidedeliveries = true
| catches/stumpings1 = 3/2
| date = 22 November
| year = 2022
| source = https://www.espncricinfo.com/player/ernest-tomkins-35376 ESPNcricinfo
}}

'''Ernest Leith Tomkins''' (15 February 1869 – 17 May 1927) was an English first-class [[cricket]]er and [[British Army]] officer.

The son of Major-General [[William Tomkins (British Army officer)|William Percival Tomkins]] and his wife, Annie, he was born in [[British Burma]] at [[Yangon|Rangoon]] in February 1869. He was educated at [[Wellington College, Berkshire|Wellington College]],<ref>{{cite book|title=Wellington College Register |first=Joseph Louis |last=Bevir |date=1906 |page=308 |publisher=Wellington College |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QvABAAAAYAAJ |language=en}}</ref> before attending the [[Royal Military Academy, Woolwich|Royal Military Academy]]. He graduated in February 1888 as a [[Second lieutenant#United Kingdom and other Commonwealth countries|second lieutenant]] into the [[Royal Artillery]],<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=25790|date=24 February 1888|page=1225}}</ref> with promotion to [[Lieutenant (British Army and Royal Marines)|lieutenant]] in February 1891.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=26139|date=27 February 1891|page=1120}}</ref> He was seconded in September 1897 to the [[Ordnance Factory Board|Indian Ordnance Department]],<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=26887|date=31 August 1897|page=4876}}</ref> with promotion to [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)|captain]] following during his secondment in October 1898.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=27021|date=8 November 1898|page=6511}}</ref> Tomkins played [[first-class cricket]] in [[British India]] as a [[wicket-keeper]] for the [[Europeans cricket team]] on two occasions against the [[Parsis cricket team|Parsees]] in the [[Bombay Quadrangular|Bombay Presidency Matches]] of 1899 and 1900.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/14/14725/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Ernest Tomkins|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=22 November 2022|url-access=subscription}}</ref> He scored 67 runs at an [[batting average (cricket)|average]] of 22.33;<ref>{{cite web |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/14/14725/f_Batting_by_Team.html|title=First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Ernest Tomkins|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=22 November 2022|url-access=subscription}}</ref> his highest score of 65 came in the 1899 fixture, and was the second highest score of the Europeans first innings, behind [[J. G. Greig]]'s 184.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/5/5316.html|title=Europeans v Parsees, Bombay Presidency Match 1899/00|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=22 November 2022|url-access=subscription}}</ref>

Tomkins was later promoted to [[Major (United Kingdom)|major]] in December 1908,<ref>{{cite book|title=The New Army List and Militia List |date=1911 |page=75 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MJK5AAAAIAAJ |language=en}}</ref> before serving in the [[First World War]], during which he was promoted to [[Lieutenant colonel (United Kingdom)|lieutenant colonel]] in February 1916.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=29533|date=31 March 1916|page=3541|supp=y}}</ref> Following four years service as a regimental lieutenant colonel, he was placed on the [[half-pay]] list in January 1921 and was removed from the [[Army Reserve (United Kingdom)|Reserve of Officers]] in March 1924, having obtained the age limit of liability to recall.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=32922|date=28 March 1924|page=2609}}</ref> Tomkins was married to Marie-Louise Marigny, a Frenchwoman. Their son, [[Edward Tomkins|Edward]], was a British diplomat.<ref>Townsend (ed.), ''Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry'', 18th ed., vol. 2, 1968, p. 43</ref> Tomkins died in France at [[Dieppe]] in May 1927.<ref>Wills and estates. ''[[The Scotsman]]''. 8 July 1927. p. 7</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*{{cricinfo|id=35376}}

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