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{{short description|English cricketer}}
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'''John Dowie Harcombe''' (13 March 1883 &ndash; 19 July 1954) played [[first-class cricket|first-class]] [[cricket]] for [[Somerset County Cricket Club|Somerset]] in seven matches stretched across the years from 1905 to 1919.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/3/3598/3598.html| title = John Harcombe|publisher = www.cricketarchive.com | accessdate = 2011-03-15}}</ref> He was born at [[Cape Town]] in [[South Africa]] and died at [[Taunton]], [[Somerset]].
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| name = John Harcombe
| image =
| country = England
| fullname = John Dowie Harcombe
| height =
| nickname =
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1883|3|13|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Cape Town]], [[Cape Colony]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1954|7|19|1883|3|13|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Taunton]], [[Somerset]], [[England]]
| batting = Right-handed
| bowling = Right-arm slow
| role = All-rounder
| family =
| club1 = [[Somerset County Cricket Club|Somerset]]
| year1 = 1905&ndash;19
| type1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]
| debutdate1 = 19 June
| debutyear1 = 1905
| debutfor1 = [[Somerset County Cricket Club|Somerset]]
| debutagainst1 = [[Lancashire County Cricket Club|Lancashire]]
| lastdate1 = 10 June
| lastyear1 = 1919
| lastfor1 = [[Somerset County Cricket Club|Somerset]]
| lastagainst1 = [[Gloucestershire County Cricket Club|Gloucestershire]]
| columns = 1
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]
| matches1 = 7
| runs1 = 76
| bat avg1 = 7.60
| 100s/50s1 = &ndash;/&ndash;
| top score1 = 29
| deliveries1 = 144
| wickets1 = 3
| bowl avg1 = 44.00
| fivefor1 = &ndash;
| tenfor1 = &ndash;
| best bowling1 = 3/51
| catches/stumpings1 = 2/&ndash;
| date = 20 March
| year = 2011
| source = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/3/3598/3598.html CricketArchive
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'''John Dowie Harcombe''' (13 March 1883 – 19 July 1954) played [[first-class cricket|first-class]] [[cricket]] for [[Somerset County Cricket Club|Somerset]] in seven matches stretched across the years from 1905 to 1919.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/3/3598/3598.html| title = John Harcombe|publisher = www.cricketarchive.com | accessdate = 2011-03-15}}</ref> 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.
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 County Cricket Club|Lancashire]] in 1905.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/6/6751.html| title = Somerset v Lancashire | date = 1905-06-19 |publisher = www.cricketarchive.com | accessdate = 2011-03-20}}</ref> 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 County Cricket Club|Kent]] in 1905.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/6/6871.html| title = Somerset v Kent | date = 1905-08-17 |publisher = www.cricketarchive.com | accessdate = 2011-03-20}}</ref> Harcombe settled in [[Kenya]] and played minor cricket there for the Settlers side in the 1920s and 1930s.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/3/3598/Other_matches.html| title = Other Matches Played by John Harcombe| publisher = www.cricketarchive.com| accessdate = 2011-03-20| archive-date = 7 November 2012| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121107065020/http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/3/3598/Other_matches.html| url-status = dead}}</ref>

==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]].<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=29858 |date=1916-12-08 |supp=y |page=12096 }}</ref> Earlier in the same year he had been awarded the [[Military Medal]].<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=29794 |date=1916-10-21 |supp=y |page=10218 }}</ref> In 1917 he was granted the rank of acting captain while serving as an adjutant to the Devonshire Regiment.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=30456 |date=1918-01-01 |supp=y |page=261 }}</ref> He was allowed to retain the rank of captain when discharged as a second lieutenant in February 1919.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=32362 |date=1921-06-17 |supp=y |page=4894 }}</ref>


==References==
==References==
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John Harcombe
Personal information
Full name
John Dowie Harcombe
Born(1883-03-13)13 March 1883
Cape Town, Cape Colony
Died19 July 1954(1954-07-19) (aged 71)
Taunton, Somerset, England
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm slow
RoleAll-rounder
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1905–19Somerset
First-class debut19 June 1905 Somerset v Lancashire
Last First-class10 June 1919 Somerset v Gloucestershire
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 7
Runs scored 76
Batting average 7.60
100s/50s –/–
Top score 29
Balls bowled 144
Wickets 3
Bowling average 44.00
5 wickets in innings –
10 wickets in match –
Best bowling 3/51
Catches/stumpings 2/–
Source: CricketArchive, 20 March 2011

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

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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

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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

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  1. ^ "John Harcombe". www.cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 15 March 2011.
  2. ^ "Somerset v Lancashire". www.cricketarchive.com. 19 June 1905. Retrieved 20 March 2011.
  3. ^ "Somerset v Kent". www.cricketarchive.com. 17 August 1905. Retrieved 20 March 2011.
  4. ^ "Other Matches Played by John Harcombe". www.cricketarchive.com. Archived from the original on 7 November 2012. Retrieved 20 March 2011.
  5. ^ "No. 29858". The London Gazette (Supplement). 8 December 1916. p. 12096.
  6. ^ "No. 29794". The London Gazette (Supplement). 21 October 1916. p. 10218.
  7. ^ "No. 30456". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 January 1918. p. 261.
  8. ^ "No. 32362". The London Gazette (Supplement). 17 June 1921. p. 4894.
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