Charles Neil Newcombe (16 March 1891 – 27 December 1915) was an English

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er and footballer who played first-class cricket for

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in 1910 and played for a number of football clubs, including

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, Chesterfield Town,

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and Rotherham Town. He was killed in action in the

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. Newcombe was born in

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, 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

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in May, when he hit wicket after 1 run in the first innings and was bowled out for a duck by

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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 began his football career at Sheepbridge Works before joining Creswell. He moved to Chesterfield Town ahead of the 1910/11 season and spent the following season there before moving to Rotherham Town. After a brief spell at

, he made two Football League appearances for

during the 1913/14 season, before finishing his career at Tibshelf Colliery. Y Farm Military Cemetery

Newcombe served in the

with the 7th (Servicd) Battalion of the

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as a lieutenant and was killed in action at

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in France. He was buried at Y Farm Military Cemetery,

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Headstone photoFirst World War Service Record
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