to England in June 1924, "in recognition of his public services". However, in 1931, he was prosecuted and found guilty of income tax evasion, and fined £100. After Union Cinemas collapsed the same year, Coombe was forced to sell much of his property, although his sons remained in the cinema business. He later moved to Glenelg, a suburb of Adelaide, and then to Surrey in England, where he died in 1959. See also List of Western Australia first-class cricketers References 1873 births 1959 deaths Australian cricketers Australian cricket umpires Australian emigrants to England Australian people of Cornish descent Australian film people Australian Knights Bachelor People educated at Prince Alfred College Cricketers from Adelaide People convicted of tax crimes Western Australia cricketers Cricket players and officials awarded knighthoods Australian philanthropists