Alexander Corbett
Alexander Melvin Corbett (25 November 1855 – 7 October 1934)[1] was an English first-class cricketer, who played one match for Yorkshire County Cricket Club.
Born in Aston Common, Rotherham, Yorkshire, England, Corbett went through his first-class career of one match without scoring a run or bowling a ball, but he took one catch.[1] He played against the W. G. Grace led Gloucestershire at Bramall Lane, Sheffield in July 1881, a match won by the visitors by five wickets.
A pattern maker by trade, he played his club cricket with Elsecar C.C.
He died in Rotherham in October 1934, aged 78.
References[edit]
- ^ a b Warner, David (2011). The Yorkshire County Cricket Club: 2011 Yearbook (113th ed.). Ilkley, Yorkshire: Great Northern Books. p. 366. ISBN 978-1-905080-85-4.