Background
He was born at Market Harborough, Leicestershire.
He was born at Market Harborough, Leicestershire.
Newcomb was a right-handed batsman who bowled both right-arm slow and right-arm fast-medium. Newcomb made a single first-class appearance for Leicestershire against Hampshire in the 1911 County Championship at the United Services Recreation Ground, Portsmouth. In Hampshire"s first-innings of 145 all out, Newcomb bowled ten overs which conceded 26 runs, while taking a single wicket, that of Jimmy Stone.
In Leicestershire"s first-innings of 182 all out, he was run out for a single run.
He bowled sixteen wicketless overs in Hampshire"s second-innings, which conceded 48 runs. He was again run out in Leicestershire"s second-innings, this time for a duck, with Hampshire winning what was his only first-class appearance by 108 runs.
He died at the town of his birth on 4 February 1932.