| Robert Coombs | |
| Country: | England |
| Fullname: | Robert Vincent Jerome Coombs |
| Birth Date: | 20 July 1959 |
| Birth Place: | Chipping Barnet, Hertfordshire, England |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Bowling: | Left-arm orthodox spin |
| Role: | Bowler |
| Club1: | Somerset |
| Type1: | First-class |
| Debutdate1: | 14 August |
| Debutyear1: | 1985 |
| Debutfor1: | Somerset |
| Debutagainst1: | Middlesex |
| Lastdate1: | 19 August |
| Lastyear1: | 1986 |
| Lastfor1: | Somerset |
| Lastagainst1: | Surrey |
| Columns: | 1 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 13 |
| Runs1: | 32 |
| Bat Avg1: | 5.33 |
| 100S/50S1: | –/– |
| Top Score1: | 18 |
| Deliveries1: | 2099 |
| Wickets1: | 32 |
| Bowl Avg1: | 34.75 |
| Fivefor1: | 1 |
| Tenfor1: | – |
| Best Bowling1: | 5/58 |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 3/– |
| Date: | 11 March |
| Year: | 2011 |
| Source: | https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/3/3496/3496.html CricketArchive |
Robert Vincent Jerome Coombs (born 20 July 1959) played first-class cricket for Somerset in 1985 and 1986.[1] He was born at Barnet, Hertfordshire.
Coombs was a tall left-arm orthodox spin bowler and a tail-end right-handed batsman. Educated at Exeter University, he had played Minor Counties cricket for Dorset and second eleven cricket for Hampshire before arriving at Somerset in 1985. Brought into the first-team late in an unexpectedly poor season for the county side, Coombs made an immediate impact, taking the first five Middlesex wickets to fall in a rain-ruined match at Weston-super-Mare at a cost of 58 runs.[2] In a soggy end to the 1985 season, Coombs bowled in only three further first-class innings spread across three rain-affected matches, but he took 11 further wickets in those and his 16 wickets at an average of 16.75 put him at the top of Somerset's bowling for the season.[3] Wisden Cricketers' Almanack noted approvingly his "good bowling action and attacking bent".[3] More frequent games in 1986, however, brought little success and the bowling figures from his first match remained the best of his short first-class career. In 1987, he was back playing Minor Counties cricket for Dorset and remained there until 1990. He did not play any List A cricket.