Bertie Oswald Corbett (15 May 1875 – 30 November 1967) was an English footballer,

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er and educator. He played football for EnglandEnglandFC.com
, accessed 7 September 2008 against Wales in 1901 and played cricket for

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in 1910.

Biography

Corbett was born Bertie Oswald Corbett in

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, Oxfordshire one of three sons of Rev. Elijah Bagot Corbett (Vicar of Thame 1872–1893). He was educated at Thame Grammar School and played soccer for Oxfordshire at the age of 15. He went on to the

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where he won his soccer

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. He later played soccer for the Corinthians and

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, in the days when the famous amateur side could beat professional teams. He played in the game against Bury which the Corinthians won 10–3 to take the

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. The team which Bury put into the field that day contained nine of the eleven players which had beaten

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in the 1903

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final by 6–0. Corbett made one appearance for the English football team, against

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on 18 March 1901, playing at outside left. England won the match 6–0 thanks to four goals from

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. Throughout his career he played at outside-left and was noted for his pace and body swerve. He is highly regarded for his first history of the club ''The Annals of the Corinthian F. C.'' written in 1906. Corbett first taught at

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and then joined G. O. Smith, a contemporary centre-forward, at his school in

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. While teaching there, Corbett played football for Reading and Slough. Among his other sporting achievements reported is that he gained a cap at Hockey for England. Corbett played cricket for

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and made one appearance for Derbyshire in the 1910 season, a County Championship game against

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which the team lost by a large margin.Bertie Corbett
at Cricket Archive , accessed 7 September 2008 Corbett was a right-handed batsman and scored just one run during the match, being stumped for a duck in the second innings. Corbett started Shardlow School at

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in Derbyshire in 1911.Mr B. O. Corbett
Mr. W. D. Wickson. The Times, Monday, 11 December 1967; pg. 10; Issue 57121; col G, accessed 7 September 2008 He was one of two sporting brothers who ran preparatory schools in Derbyshire in the early part of the 20th century. His brother, C. J. Corbett, was headmaster of 'Rycote' on the Kedleston Road, Derby and later of 'The Ashe' at Etwall.Derbyshire Countryside magazine. Vol. 23. No. 2. February 1968. p. 23. After leaving Shardlow Hall, Corbett retired to Waddon Manor

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in Dorset where he farmed . He died at Waddon Manor at the age of 92 after recovering from an eye operation which had restored his sight for a year. Corbett's brother

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played first-class cricket for Derbyshire on twenty-seven occasions. Another brother, Rex, played football for England v Wales in 1903.

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