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.
After Cambridge, he studied at Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland, gaining a BD (Bachelor of Divinity) and a DD (Doctor of Divinity) He was Ordained Deacon of London 1858 and Priest 1859
He was made Rector of St James, Piccadilly, London (1900-1914) where an outside pulpit was erected by Friends in 1904, Canon of York Cathedral from 1884 to 1901, and Hon. Chaplain to Queen Victoria, King Edward VII and King George V.[1].
He Published a collection of sermons entitled "What is Sin?" and a book entitled: “Why I Am Not a Roman Catholic”. He died at St James Rectory on 9 April 1914
He married Francis Harriet Haines on 20 April 1871 in Dublin, Ireland, the daughter of Lieut-Col. Gregory Haines & The Hon. Jane Elizabeth Mona Gough
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
- 1 2 3 "McCormick, Joseph (MRMK853J)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ↑ CricketArchive. Retrieved on 17 November 2008.
External links
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