| Country | England |
|---|---|
| Fullname | John Dowie Harcombe |
| Birth date | 13 March 1883 |
| Birth place | Cape Town, Cape Colony |
| Death date | 19 July 1954 (aged 71) |
| Death place | Taunton, Somerset, England |
| Batting | Right-handed |
| Bowling | Right-arm slow |
| Role | All-rounder |
| Club 1 | Somerset |
| Year 1 | 1905–19 |
| Type 1 | First-class |
| Debutdate 1 | 19 June |
| Debutyear 1 | 1905 |
| Debutfor 1 | Somerset |
| Debutagainst 1 | Lancashire |
| Lastdate 1 | 10 June |
| Lastyear 1 | 1919 |
| Lastfor 1 | Somerset |
| Lastagainst 1 | Gloucestershire |
| Columns | 1 |
| Column 1 | First-class |
| Matches 1 | 7 |
| Runs 1 | 76 |
| Bat avg 1 | 7.60 |
| 100s/50s 1 | –/– |
| Top score 1 | 29 |
| Deliveries 1 | 144 |
| Wickets 1 | 3 |
| Bowl avg 1 | 44.00 |
| Fivefor 1 | – |
| Tenfor 1 | – |
| Best bowling 1 | 3/51 |
| Catches/stumpings 1 | 2/– |
| Date | 20 March |
| Year | 2011 |
| Source | https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/3/3598/3598.html CricketArchive |
John Dowie Harcombe (13 March 1883 – 19 July 1954) played first-class cricket for Somerset in seven matches stretched across the years from 1905 to 1919.[1] He was born at Cape Town in Cape Colony and died at Taunton, Somerset.
Cricket career
Harcombe was a right-handed lower-order batsman and a right-arm slow bowler. He played for Somerset in three matches in 1905, one more in 1914 and then a final three in 1919. He had limited success both as a batsman and as a bowler. His only wickets were taken in his very first match, against Lancashire in 1905.[2] As a batsman he reached double figures only twice in a dozen innings and his highest score was 29, made batting at No 11 in his second first-class match, against Kent in 1905.[3] Harcombe settled in Kenya and played minor cricket there for the Settlers side in the 1920s and 1930s.[4]
War service
Harcombe enlisted as a soldier with the Somerset Light Infantry in the First World War and was a sergeant when he was commissioned in 1916 as a temporary second lieutenant and transferred to the Devonshire Regiment.[5] Earlier in the same year he had been awarded the Military Medal.[6] In 1917 he was granted the rank of acting captain while serving as an adjutant to the Devonshire Regiment.[7] He was allowed to retain the rank of captain when discharged as a second lieutenant in February 1919.[8]
References
- ^ "John Harcombe". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2011-03-15.
- ^ "Somerset v Lancashire". CricketArchive. 1905-06-19. Retrieved 2011-03-20.
- ^ "Somerset v Kent". CricketArchive. 1905-08-17. Retrieved 2011-03-20.
- ^ "Other Matches Played by John Harcombe". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 7 November 2012. Retrieved 2011-03-20.
- ^ No. 29858. 1916-12-08. p. 12096.
- ^ No. 29794. 1916-10-21. p. 10218.
- ^ No. 30456. 1918-01-01. p. 261.
- ^ No. 32362. 1921-06-17. p. 4894.