Joseph McCormick (cricketer)
Joseph McCormick (29 October 1834 at Liverpool – 9 April 1914 at Westminster) was an English amateur cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1854 to 1866.
Joseph McCormick was educated at Bingley Grammar School and St John's College, Cambridge.[1] A right-handed batsman and right arm slow roundarm bowler who was mainly associated with Cambridge University and Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), he made 19 known appearances in first-class matches.[2] He claimed, while playing on Parker's Piece, to have hit a fast bowler to leg and run nine runs for it. In 1856, the year he captained Cambridge University at cricket, he was also a rowing blue.[1] He played for the Gentlemen in the Gentlemen v Players series.
In later life McCormick was a clergyman, Canon of York Cathedral from 1884 to 1901, and Hon. Chaplain to Victoria of the United Kingdom, King Edward VII and King George V.[1]
Both of his sons, Pat and Gough, were clergyman, with Pat also being a noted sportsman. A memorial to him lies in St James's Church, Piccadilly.
References[]
- ^ a b c "McCormick, Joseph (MRMK853J)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ CricketArchive. Retrieved on 17 November 2008.
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Further reading[]
- H S Altham, A History of Cricket, Volume 1 (to 1914), George Allen & Unwin, 1962
- Arthur Haygarth, Scores & Biographies, Volumes 1-11 (1744-1870), Lillywhite, 1862-72
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