John Comber

For the American-born Catholic missionary and bishop, see John William Comber.

John Howard Comber (8 January 1861 – 1903) was an English cricketer. Comber's batting and bowling style is unknown. He was born at Brighton, Sussex and died at Lowell, Massachusetts.

John Comber

Personal information
Full name	John Howard Comber
Born	(1861-01-08)8 January 1861 Brighton, Sussex, England
Died	1903 Lowell, Massachusetts, US
Batting	Unknown
Bowling	Unknown
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1885	Sussex
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 3 Runs scored 28 Batting average 5.60 100s/50s –/– Top score 8 Balls bowled 44 Wickets – Bowling average – 5 wickets in innings – 10 wickets in match – Best bowling – Catches/stumpings –/–
Source: Cricinfo, 15 December 2011

Comber made his first-class debut for Sussex against Kent at Bat and Ball Ground, Gravesend in 1885. He made two further first-class appearances for Sussex that season, against Hampshire at the County Ground, Southampton and Gloucestershire at the College Ground, Cheltenham.^[1] He struggled in his three first-class matches, scoring just 28 runs at an average of 5.60, with a high score of 8.^[2]

At some point later in his life he moved to the United States where in 1892 he is recorded as an "overseer" in his marriage to Lucy Johnson in Lowell, Massachusetts; they had a daughter, also Lucy, in 1895. He featured in a match for Massachusetts against Lord Hawke's XI in 1894.^[3] He died in 1903, but the precise date of death is not known.