Brian Gomm

Brian Arthur Gomm (24 June 1918 at Castle Cary, Somerset – 23 April 1995 at Peterborough) was a cricketer who played two first-class matches for Somerset in 1939.[1]

Brian Gomm
Personal information
Full nameBrian Arthur Gomm
Born(1918-06-24)24 June 1918
Castle Cary, Somerset, England
Died23 April 1995(1995-04-23) (aged 76)
Peterborough, England
BattingRight-handed
BowlingLeft-arm medium pace
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1939Somerset
Career statistics
Competition FC
Matches 2
Runs scored 7
Batting average 2.33
100s/50s 0/0
Top score 5
Balls bowled 24
Wickets 0
Bowling average –
5 wickets in innings –
10 wickets in match –
Best bowling 0/21
Catches/stumpings 2/–
Source: CricketArchive, 22 December 2015

Gomm batted at No 8 in the first Somerset innings of the match against Essex at Wells, and at No 4 in the second innings. In a very low-scoring game, in which Somerset's two innings only totalled 123 runs, he made 0 and 5.[2] In Somerset's next match, against Northamptonshire at Northampton, Gomm batted at No 9 and scored 2, but was not called upon in the second innings. He bowled three eight-ball overs without success.[3] He batted right-handed, and bowled left-arm medium pace.

In 1949 and 1950, he played in non-first-class matches for The Army as a batsman only, scoring 84 in one innings against the Royal Air Force at Lord's.[4]

Military career

Gomm was listed in the London Gazette in 1941 as a second lieutenant with the Indian Armoured Corps in the Indian Army.[5] He was transferred in 1942 to the Royal Corps of Signals.[6] He remained with the Royal Corps of Signals into postwar peacetime and eventually retired with the rank of Major in 1955.[7]

References
  1. "Brian Gomm". www.cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 16 December 2008.
  2. "Somerset v Essex". www.cricketarchive.com. 26 July 1939. Retrieved 16 December 2008.
  3. "Northamptonshire v Somerset". www.cricketarchive.com. 29 July 1939. Retrieved 16 December 2008.
  4. "Army v Royal Air Force". www.cricketarchive.com. 16 July 1949. Retrieved 16 December 2008.
  5. "No. 35396". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 December 1941. p. 7353.
  6. "No. 35611". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 June 1942. p. 2852.
  7. "No. 40453". The London Gazette (Supplement). 12 April 1955. p. 2185.
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