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 Alastair McCorquodale in the Olympic Village, London 1948 | |||||||||||||||
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| Born | 5 December 1925 Hillhead, Glasgow, Scotland | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 27 February 2009 (aged 83) Grantham, Lincolnshire | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 172 lb (78 kg) | ||||||||||||||
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| Coached by | Guy Butler (athletics - 1948) | ||||||||||||||
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Alastair McCorquodale (5 December 1925 – 27 February 2009[1]) was a British athlete and cricketer.[2] His son is married to Princess Diana's sister, Lady Sarah Spencer.
McCorquodale was educated at Harrow where he opened the bowling for the 1st XI in the 1948 Eton v Harrow match at Lord's. He represented Britain in Athletics at the 1948 Olympic Games in London. He was denied a bronze medal in the 100m final by a photo finish, but won a silver medal in the 4 × 100 m relay. He never ran again.
He also represented the Free Foresters, Marylebone Cricket Club in 1948 and Middlesex in three matches in 1951, as a left-handed batsman and a right-arm fast bowler. He toured Canada with MCC in 1951–52. He was the seventh oldest living Middlesex first-class cricketer prior to his death.
- ^ Matthews, Peter & Watman, Mel eds. Athletics International Vol 17, No6 – 3 March 2009
- ^ "Olympians Who Played First-Class Cricket". Olympedia. Retrieved 28 July 2020.