| 词条 | Martin Corke |
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| name = | image = | country = England | fullname = Martin Dewe Corke | partialdates = | birth_date = 8 June 1923 | birth_place = Murree, Punjab, British Raj | death_date = {{Death date and age|1994|1|14|1923|6|8|df=yes}} | death_place = Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England | family = Ronald Lake (uncle) | batting = Right-handed | bowling = | role = | international = | club1 = Suffolk | year1 = 1946–1964 | clubnumber1 = | columns = 1 | column1 = First-class | matches1 = 5 | runs1 = 116 | bat avg1 = 11.60 | 100s/50s1 = –/1 | top score1 = 53 | deliveries1 = – | wickets1 = – | bowl avg1 = – | fivefor1 = – | tenfor1 = – | best bowling1 = – | catches/stumpings1 = –/– | date = 5 May | year = 2013 | source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/11330.html Cricinfo }}Martin Dewe Corke OBE (8 June 1923 – 14 January 1994) was an English cricketer. Corke was a right-handed batsman. He was also a prominent member of the Greene King Brewery.[1] Early lifeA member of the Greene brewing dynasty,[1] Corke was born at the hill station of Murree in the British Raj, where his father, then Captain Francis Sinclair Corke, was serving with the 1st battalion 16th Punjab Regiment.[1] He was sent home from the Raj to be educated in England, where he attended Radley School, during which time he captained the school's cricket team.[1] By age fifteen he was working at the family brewery in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk.[1] However, with the start of World War II in 1939, Corke returned to the Raj to be with his parents.[1] He was commissioned in his father's 16th Punjab Regiment in 1942 then later promoted lieutenant.[2] In 1944, he was struck down with tuberculosis, which ended his time in the British Indian Army.[1][3] Cricket and later lifeReturning to England, he married Jean Armour, daughter of artist George Denholm Armour, in 1946.[1] He made his debut for Suffolk against Berkshire in that same seasons Minor Counties Championship.[4] He played regularly for Suffolk throughout the 1950s and into the 1960s, making a total of 105 appearances for the county, the last of which came against Cambridgeshire in 1964.[4] He scored over 3,000 runs for the county, as well as captaining it for eleven seasons from 1954 to 1964.[1] Corke also played first-class cricket for the Free Foresters, making his first-class debut against Cambridge University at Fenner's in 1953.[5] He made four further first-class appearances for the Free Foresters, the last of which came against Oxford University at the University Parks in 1958.[5] He scored 116 runs in his five first-class matches, at an average of 11.60 and a high score of 53, his only first-class half century.[6] His commitments to the brewery saw him become a director of Greene King, during which himself and his fellow directors resisted takeover manoeuvres from larger rivals; his directorship saw him have notable success as marketing director.[1] In 1961, he became a magistrate, while he began work alongside his business commitments for the West Suffolk Health Authority, leading to his chairmanship of the organisation from 1982 to 1993,[1] working which he later received an OBE for his services to the National Health Service in the Queen's 1993 Birthday Honours.[7] He held further positions as chairman of St Edmundsbury Bench as chairman of Suffolk County Cricket Club.[1] He died at from cancer at Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk on 14 January 1994.[1] His uncle Ronald Lake also played first-class cricket. References1. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 {{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-martin-corke-1391817.html|title=Obituary: Martin Corke|last=Scarfe|first=Norman|date=4 February 1994|work=The Independent|accessdate=5 May 2013}} 2. ^{{London Gazette |issue=35610 |date=26 June 1942 |page=2823 }} 3. ^https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/37009/page/1737 4. ^1 {{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/28/28733/Minor_Counties_Championship_Matches.html|title=Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Martin Corke|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=5 May 2013}} 5. ^1 {{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/28/28733/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Martin Corke|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=5 May 2013}} 6. ^{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/28/28733/f_Batting_by_Team.html|title=First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Martin Corke|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=5 May 2013}} 7. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/spl/aberdeen/queen-s...1.755457|title=Queen's Birthday Honours List|date=12 June 1993|accessdate=5 May 2013}} External links
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