Neil McCorkell

Neil Thomas McCorkell was an English cricketer. He was righthanded batsman who fielded as a wicketkeeper. He was born at Portsmouth, Hampshire. Debuting for Hampshire County Cricket Club in 1932, McCorkell played firstclass cricket for Hampshire in two periods, from 1932 to 1939, then after World War II from 1946 to 1951. Statistically he ended his firstclass career as Hampshires most successful wicketkeeper in firstclass cricket, with 677 dismissals, although Bobby Parks later overtook that total. Following his retirement he emigrated to South Africa, where he still resided until his death. In 2012, he became the 16th firstclass cricketer to reach 100 years of age.

McCorkell was born onMarch 1912, at White Hart Lane in Old Portsmouth and was educated at the Portsmouth Town School in the 1920s and early 1930s. He learned his early cricket playing for various church teams based in the city, and in a letter written to Hampshire cricket historian Dave Allen in the early 2000s, McCorkell explained how he had progressed to play for Portsmouth District against Hampshire Club amp Ground and was then invited to join the staff as a junior professional at the age ofonApril 1931.

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