Thomas Coombe

Thomas Coombe
Rayuwa
Haihuwa	Melrose (en) , 3 Disamba 1873
ƙasa	Asturaliya
Mutuwa	Epsom (mul) , 22 ga Yuli, 1959
Ƴan uwa
Yara	view Carol Akhurst (en)
Karatu
Makaranta	Kwalejin Yarima Alfred
Harsuna	Turanci
Sana'a
Sana'a	cricketer (en) da cricket umpire (en)
Kyaututtuka	gani Knight Bachelor

Sir Thomas Melrose Coombe (3 Disamba 1873 - 22 Yuli 1959) ya kasance ɗan wasan ƙwallon ƙafa na Australiya, ɗan kasuwa kuma mai ba da agaji, wanda aka fi sani da rawar da ya taka a Masana'antar fina-finai ta Yammacin Australia.

Rayuwa ta farko

An haifi Coombe a Melrose, Kudancin Australia, ga Thomas Coombe da matarsa Sarah (née Beddome). Mahaifinsa, na zuriyar Cornish, ɗan kasuwa ne na katako da ƙarfe wanda ya yi aiki a matsayin magajin garin Broken Hill a cikin 1890, bayan da ya taɓa zama a Port Pirie . Ya koma Yammacin Ostiraliya a shekara ta 1895, bayan zinariya, inda ya kafa a matsayin mai samar da kayan gini, kuma daga baya ya yi aiki a matsayin magajin gari na Kudancin Perth daga 1906 zuwa 1907.

Ɗansa ya yi karatu a Makarantar Caterer, Norwood; Kwalejin Hahndorf, Hahndorf; da Kwalejin Prince Alfred, Adelaide. Ya koma tare da iyalinsa zuwa Perth, inda ya kafa kansa a matsayin mai shigo da kayan wasanni.

Coombe ya buga wasan kurket ga Claremont-Cottesloe Cricket Club, kuma ya wakilci Yammacin Australia a kan wasu bangarorin yawon shakatawa daga jihohin gabas. Wasan da ya yi a aji na farko shi ne da Kudancin Australia a WACA Ground a watan Janairun 1906. Bucking a lamba biyar a Duck biyun, Algy Gehrs ya kama shi kuma ya jefa shi kwallo a cikin innings na farko, kuma ya yi 15 a cikin inning na biyu kafin a kama shi daga wasan kwaikwayo na Pat Travers. Coombe daga baya ya yi aiki a matsayin umpire a wasan farko na farko lokacin da Kudancin Australia ya zagaya a ƙarshen kakar 1908-09.

Ayyukan kasuwanci

A cikin 1910, Coombe ya kafa haɗin gwiwa tare da Thomas James West, mai baje kolin fina-finai na Burtaniya wanda ke da mafi girman zagaye na fina-fakka a Ostiraliya. A shekara ta 1913, ya zama manajan darektan Union Cinemas, wanda aka kafa daga hadewar kamfanin West da mai fafatawa. Coombe ya ba da kuɗin gina manyan gidajen silima da yawa a Perth da Fremantle, gami da gidan wasan kwaikwayo na Yarima na Wales a kan titin Murray, gidan wasan kwaikwayo ya Ambassadors a kan titun Hay, da gidan wasan kwaikwayon Princess a Fremantle. Coombe ya kuma yi aiki a matsayin shugaban kungiyar Manajojin gidan wasan kwaikwayo daga 1921 zuwa 1928. A shekara ta 1928, ya yi ritaya daga matsayin manajan amma ya ci gaba a matsayin darektan Union Cinemas.

Rayuwa ta mutum

Coombe sanannen mai ba da agaji ne. A matsayinsa a cikin Kungiyar Manajojin gidan wasan kwaikwayo, ya tara kuɗi mai yawa don dalilai daban-daban, kuma ya jagoranci Kungiyar Boy Scouts ta Yammacin Australia. A shekara ta 1921, ya kafa Coombe Scholarships, tare da gudummawar £ 5000.

Coombe ya zama jarumi a lokacin ziyarar da ya kai Ingila a watan Yunin 1924, "don nuna godiya ga ayyukansa na jama'a".[1] Koyaya, a cikin 1931, an gurfanar da shi kuma an same shi da laifin kauce wa harajin samun kudin shiga, kuma an ci tarar £ 100. Bayan Union Cinemas ya rushe a wannan shekarar, an tilasta wa Coombe sayar da yawancin dukiyarsa, kodayake 'ya'yansa maza sun kasance a cikin kasuwancin fim. Daga baya ya koma Glenelg, wani yanki na Adelaide, sannan zuwa Surrey a Ingila, inda ya mutu a shekara ta 1959.[2]