John Newton Jacomb (3 October 1841 – 5 November 1891) was an Australian

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er. He played one

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match for Victoria during the 1860–61 season and one match for

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in 1863–64. Jacomb was born at New Town, Tasmania in 1841 and educated at Scotch College in

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. He worked as a hotel keeper and mined gold. He died in 1891 at Walhalla, Victoria.McCarron A (2010) ''New Zealand Cricketers 1863/64–2010'', p. 73. Cardiff: The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians.
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