| Country: | England |
| Fullname: | John Howard Comber |
| Birth Date: | 1861 1, df=y |
| Birth Place: | Brighton, Sussex, England |
| Death Date: | 1903 |
| Death Place: | Lowell, Massachusetts, USA |
| Batting: | Unknown |
| Bowling: | Unknown |
| Club1: | Sussex |
| Year1: | 1885 |
| Columns: | 1 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 3 |
| Runs1: | 28 |
| Bat Avg1: | 5.60 |
| 100S/50S1: | –/– |
| Top Score1: | 8 |
| Deliveries1: | 44 |
| Wickets1: | – |
| Bowl Avg1: | – |
| Fivefor1: | – |
| Tenfor1: | – |
| Best Bowling1: | – |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | –/– |
| Date: | 15 December |
| Year: | 2011 |
| Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/11266.html Cricinfo |
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.
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.[4]