# Walter Cornock > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Walter_Cornock > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Walter_Cornock.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Cornock > Source revision: 1267872448 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Australian cricketer and soccer player}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2020}} {{Use Australian English|date=September 2012}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Walter Cornock | image = | caption = | fullname = Walter Berkeley Cornock{{cite web|url=http://www.cricket-online.com/player.php?player_id=34633|title=Walter Cornock|publisher=Cricket-Online|access-date=16 March 2010|archive-date=8 July 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708204553/http://www.cricket-online.com/player.php?player_id=34633|url-status=dead}} | birth_date = 1 January 1921 | birth_place = [Waverley](/source/Waverley%2C_New_South_Wales), Sydney, Australia | death_date = {{death date and age|2007|11|20|1921|1|1|df=yes}}{{cite web|url=http://www.freewebs.com/aufc/c.htm|title=Caldecott – Currier|publisher=+Ashton United (Hurst FC) Player Database|access-date=16 March 2010}} | death_place = [Mollymook](/source/Mollymook), [New South Wales](/source/New_South_Wales),{{cite web|url=http://www.cricinfo.com/australia/content/player/11337.html|title=Walter Cornock|publisher=ESPN CricInfo|access-date=16 March 2010}} Australia | height = | position = Goalkeeper | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1= | years1 = | clubs1 = Royton Amateurs | caps1 = | goals1 = | years2 = 19??–1940 | clubs2 = [Ashton National](/source/Ashton_National_F.C.) | caps2 = | goals2 = | years3 = 1940 | clubs3 = [Ashton United](/source/Ashton_United_F.C.) | caps3 = 14 | goals3 = 0 | years4 = 1945 | clubs4 = [Oldham Athletic](/source/Oldham_Athletic_A.F.C.) | caps4 = 0 | goals4 =0 | years5 = | clubs5 = [Hereford United](/source/Hereford_United_F.C.) | caps5 = | goals5 = | years6 = 1947 | clubs6 = [Rochdale](/source/Rochdale_A.F.C.) | caps6 = 1 | goals6 = 0 | module = {{Infobox cricketer|embed=yes | name = Walter Cornock | country = Australia | role = [All-rounder](/source/All-rounder) | batting = Right-handed | bowling = Left-arm [medium](/source/fast_bowling) | club1 = [Leicestershire](/source/Leicestershire_County_Cricket_Club) | year1 = 1948 | columns = 1 | column1 = [FC](/source/First-class_cricket) | matches1 = 26 | runs1 = 801 | bat avg1 = 19.54 | 100s/50s1 = 0/5 | top score1 = 60 | deliveries1 = 2322 | wickets1 = 81 | bowl avg1 = 67.13 | fivefor1 = 0 | tenfor1 = 0 | best bowling1 = 3/46 | catches/stumpings1 = | source = http://www.cricket-online.com/player.php?player_id=34633 | date=16 March | year =2010 }}}} '''Walter Berkeley Cornock''' (1 January 1921 – 20 November 2007) was an Australian [football](/source/association_football) goalkeeper and first-class cricketer. Born in [Waverley](/source/Waverley%2C_New_South_Wales), Sydney; he moved to the United Kingdom and played in the [Football League](/source/Football_League) for [Rochdale](/source/Rochdale_A.F.C.) and played first-class cricket for [Leicestershire](/source/Leicestershire_C.C.C.). He also saw active service in the navy in Africa during the Second World War. Cornock was born to an Australian father and English mother {{Who|date=April 2010}}. His family returned to England while he was a child.{{cite web|url=http://www.cricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/378005.html|title=Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 2008 Obituaries: A-E|publisher=ESPN CricInfo|access-date=17 March 2010}} == Football career == Cornock played for Royton Amateurs before joining [Ashton National](/source/Ashton_National_F.C.). When National stopped playing in 1940 with the onset of the [Second World War](/source/Second_World_War), Cornock switched to local rivals [Ashton United](/source/Ashton_United_F.C.) who were still playing. He made his debut for Ashton United in September 1940 against [Droylsden](/source/Droylsden_F.C.) playing fourteen times, with his last game coming away to [Denton United](/source/Denton_United_F.C.) in late December the same year. He served in the Royal Navy during the war and saw active service in Africa and the North sea, he served on Corvettes, and was on K49 (Crocus) (movie The Cruel Sea). On the resumption of competitive football, Cornock joined [Oldham Athletic](/source/Oldham_Athletic_A.F.C.), playing six times during the 1945–46 season. He then joined non-league [Hereford United](/source/Hereford_United_F.C.) before joining [Rochdale](/source/Rochdale_A.F.C.) where he made one appearance in the Football League, a 2–0 defeat at home to [Hartlepools United](/source/Hartlepool_United_F.C.) in November 1947.{{cite web|url=http://www.inthemadcrowd.co.uk/cgi-bin/itmc_view_match.asp?oid=1238|title=Rochdale 0 Hartlepools United 2|publisher=In the mad crowd|access-date=17 March 2010|archive-date=20 February 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120220070146/http://www.inthemadcrowd.co.uk/cgi-bin/itmc_view_match.asp?oid=1238|url-status=dead}} Having returned to Australia in 1948, Cornock made his Australian soccer debut for Corrimal in April 1949.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1301&dat=19490407&id=7QgRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=IpMDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2403,5327325|title=Seek first soccer win|work=[Sydney Morning Herald](/source/Sydney_Morning_Herald)|date=7 April 1949|access-date=16 March 2010}} ==Cricket career== Cornock was a right-handed batsman and a left-armed bowler, slightly below medium pace.{{Cite news|date=1 May 1948|title=Australians Start Well at Leicester|work=Nottinghamshire Evening Post}} In 1941 he set a league record score of 197 not out while playing for Royton Cricket Club against Ashton in the Central Lancashire Cricket League. He spent the 1948 season with [Leicestershire](/source/Leicestershire_C.C.C.) scoring over 800 runs and taking 15 expensive wickets. Notable wickets included those of another footballing cricketer, [Denis Compton](/source/Denis_Compton), future [England](/source/England_national_cricket_team) international [Tom Graveney](/source/Tom_Graveney) and contemporary England players [John Dewes](/source/John_Dewes) and [Joe Hardstaff](/source/Joe_Hardstaff_junior). He returned to Australia at the end of the 1948 cricket season, and later joined the [Cumberland Cricket Club](/source/Cumberland_Cricket_Club) in Australia. He captained the side during [Richie Benaud](/source/Richie_Benaud)'s absences on national team duty during the 1959–60, 1960–61 and 1961–62 seasons and continued to play until his fifties. He was also both president and club-secretary at Cumberland and was responsible with son John for the building of a sightscreen on the club's ground. The ground is now home to the [Parramatta Cricket Club](/source/Parramatta_Cricket_Club) and the sightscreen has been renamed in Cornock's honour. ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Cornock, Walter}} Category:1921 births Category:2007 deaths Category:Australian men's soccer players Category:Ashton National F.C. players Category:Ashton United F.C. players Category:Oldham Athletic A.F.C. players Category:Hereford United F.C. players Category:Rochdale A.F.C. players Category:Australian cricketers Category:Leicestershire cricketers Category:Australian expatriate cricketers in England Category:Cricketers from Sydney Category:Men's association football goalkeepers Category:English Football League players Category:20th-century Australian sportsmen Category:Expatriate men's footballers in England --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Walter Cornock](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Cornock) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Cornock?action=history)). 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