Bertie Corbett

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Bertie Oswald Corbett (May 15, 1875 – November 30, 1967) was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman who played for Derbyshire during the 1910 season. He was born Bertie Oswald Corbett in Thame, one of three sons of Rev. Elijah Bagot Corbett (Vicar of Thame 1872-1893), and died at Waddon Manor, Portesham Dorset.

Corbett made one appearance for Derbyshire during the 1910 season, a County Championship game against Kent which the team lost by a large margin. Corbett scored just one run during the match, being stumped for a duck in the second innings. Corbett made one appearance for the English football team, against Wales on March 18, 1901, playing at outside left. England won the match 6-0 thanks to four goals from Steve Bloomer.

Corbett's brother John played first-class cricket for Derbyshire on twenty-seven occasions.

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In 1968, Derbyshire Countryside magazine,[1] in a short obituary, reported that B. O. Corbett was one of two sporting brothers who ran preparatory schools in Derbyshire in the early part of the 20th century. B. O. Corbett had a school at Shardlow Hall and his brother, C. J. Corbett, was headmaster of 'Rycote' on the Kedleston Road, Derby and later of 'The Ashe' at Etwall.

Among his other sporting achievements reported is that he gained a cap at Hockey for England, and before coming to Derbyshire he got his blue at Oxford for soccer. He later played for the Corinthians, in the days when the famous amateur side could beat professional teams, and played in the game against Bury which the Corinthians won to take the Sheriff of London Charity Shield. The team which Bury put into the field that day contained nine of the eleven players which had beaten Derby County in the 1903 FA Cup final by 6-0, but Bury lost to the Corinthians 10-3.

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  1. ^ Derbyshire Countryside magazine. Vol. 23. No. 2. February 1968. p. 23.