[1] He was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium-fast and who played most of his cricket at minor counties level for Bedfordshire and Norfolk.
He was educated at Bedford Modern School between 1938 and 1947 where he was in the First XI in 1944 and 1945 being made Captain in 1946.
[4] While serving in the Royal Navy, Coomb was selected to play for the Combined Services cricket team in a first-class match against Worcestershire in 1948, and made two further first-class appearances for the team in 1949 against Kent and Hampshire.
[5] He continued to play minor counties cricket for Bedfordshire during this period, and was selected to play a first-class match for a combined Minor Counties cricket team against Kent in 1951.
[1] He played for Bedfordshire until 1955, making a total of 40 appearances for them in the Minor Counties Championship.