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	==Early life==		==Early life==
	A member of the [[Greene King Brewery\|Greene brewing dynasty]],<ref name="OBIT">{{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 ~~2022~~}}</ref> 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]].<ref name="OBIT"/> 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.<ref name="OBIT"/> By age fifteen he was working at the family brewery in [[Bury St Edmunds]], Suffolk.<ref name="OBIT"/> However, with the start of [[World War II]] in 1939, Corke returned to the Raj to be with his parents.<ref name="OBIT"/> He was commissioned in his father's [[16th Punjab Regiment]] in 1942 then later promoted lieutenant.<ref>{{London Gazette \|issue=35610 \|date=26 June 1942 \|page=2823 }}</ref> In 1944, he was struck down with [[tuberculosis]], which ended his time in the [[British Indian Army]].<ref name="OBIT"/><ref>{{cite web\| url = https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/37009/page/1737\| url-status = dead\| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190113192506/https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/37009/page/1737\| archive-date = 2019-01-13\| title = Page 1737 {{!}} Issue 37009, 30 March 1945 {{!}} London Gazette {{!}} The Gazette}} </ref>		A member of the [[Greene King Brewery\|Greene brewing dynasty]],<ref name="OBIT">{{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}}</ref> 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]].<ref name="OBIT"/> 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.<ref name="OBIT"/> By age fifteen he was working at the family brewery in [[Bury St Edmunds]], Suffolk.<ref name="OBIT"/> However, with the start of [[World War II]] in 1939, Corke returned to the Raj to be with his parents.<ref name="OBIT"/> He was commissioned in his father's [[16th Punjab Regiment]] in 1942 then later promoted lieutenant.<ref>{{London Gazette \|issue=35610 \|date=26 June 1942 \|page=2823 }}</ref> In 1944, he was struck down with [[tuberculosis]], which ended his time in the [[British Indian Army]].<ref name="OBIT"/><ref>{{cite web\| url = https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/37009/page/1737\| url-status = dead\| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190113192506/https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/37009/page/1737\| archive-date = 2019-01-13\| title = Page 1737 {{!}} Issue 37009, 30 March 1945 {{!}} London Gazette {{!}} The Gazette}} </ref>

	==Cricket and later life==		==Cricket and later life==
	Returning to England, he married Jean Armour, daughter of artist [[George Denholm Armour]], in 1946.<ref name="OBIT"/>		Returning to England, he married Jean Armour, daughter of artist [[George Denholm Armour]], in 1946.<ref name="OBIT"/>
	He made his debut for [[Suffolk County Cricket Club\|Suffolk]] against [[Berkshire County Cricket Club\|Berkshire]] in that same seasons [[Minor Counties Championship]].<ref name="MCM">{{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 ~~2022~~}}</ref> 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 County Cricket Club\|Cambridgeshire]] in 1964.<ref name="MCM"/> He scored over 3,000 runs for the county, as well as [[captain (cricket)\|captaining]] it for eleven seasons from 1954 to 1964.<ref name="OBIT"/> Corke also played [[first-class cricket]] for the [[Free Foresters Cricket Club\|Free Foresters]], making his first-class debut against [[Cambridge University Cricket Club\|Cambridge University]] at [[Fenner's]] in 1953.<ref name="FCM">{{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 ~~2022~~}}</ref> He made four further first-class appearances for the Free Foresters, the last of which came against [[Oxford University Cricket Club\|Oxford University]] at the [[University Parks]] in 1958.<ref name="FCM"/> He scored 116 runs in his five first-class matches, at an [[batting average (cricket)\|average]] of 11.60 and a high score of 53, his only first-class [[half century]].<ref>{{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 ~~2022~~}}</ref>		He made his debut for [[Suffolk County Cricket Club\|Suffolk]] against [[Berkshire County Cricket Club\|Berkshire]] in that same seasons [[Minor Counties Championship]].<ref name="MCM">{{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}}</ref> 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 County Cricket Club\|Cambridgeshire]] in 1964.<ref name="MCM"/> He scored over 3,000 runs for the county, as well as [[captain (cricket)\|captaining]] it for eleven seasons from 1954 to 1964.<ref name="OBIT"/> Corke also played [[first-class cricket]] for the [[Free Foresters Cricket Club\|Free Foresters]], making his first-class debut against [[Cambridge University Cricket Club\|Cambridge University]] at [[Fenner's]] in 1953.<ref name="FCM">{{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}}</ref> He made four further first-class appearances for the Free Foresters, the last of which came against [[Oxford University Cricket Club\|Oxford University]] at the [[University Parks]] in 1958.<ref name="FCM"/> He scored 116 runs in his five first-class matches, at an [[batting average (cricket)\|average]] of 11.60 and a high score of 53, his only first-class [[half century]].<ref>{{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}}</ref>

	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.<ref name="OBIT"/> In 1961, he became a [[Magistrate#United Kingdom\|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,<ref name="OBIT"/> working which he later received an [[Order of the British Empire\|OBE]] for his services to the [[National Health Service]] in the [[Queen Elizabeth II\|Queen's]] [[1993 Birthday Honours]].<ref>{{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 ~~2022~~}}</ref> He held further positions as chairman of St Edmundsbury Bench as chairman of Suffolk County Cricket Club.<ref name="OBIT"/>		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.<ref name="OBIT"/> In 1961, he became a [[Magistrate#United Kingdom\|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,<ref name="OBIT"/> working which he later received an [[Order of the British Empire\|OBE]] for his services to the [[National Health Service]] in the [[Queen Elizabeth II\|Queen's]] [[1993 Birthday Honours]].<ref>{{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}}</ref> He held further positions as chairman of St Edmundsbury Bench as chairman of Suffolk County Cricket Club.<ref name="OBIT"/>

	He died at from cancer at [[Bury St Edmunds]], Suffolk on 14 January 1994.<ref name="OBIT"/> His uncle [[Ronald Lake (cricketer)\|Ronald Lake]] also played first-class cricket.		He died at from cancer at [[Bury St Edmunds]], Suffolk on 14 January 1994.<ref name="OBIT"/> His uncle [[Ronald Lake (cricketer)\|Ronald Lake]] also played first-class cricket.

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{{short description|English cricketer}}

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{{Infobox cricketer
| name =
| image =
| country = England
| fullname = Martin Dewe Corke
| partialdates =
| birth_date = 8 June 1923
| birth_place = [[Murree]], [[Punjab Province (British India)|Punjab]], [[British Raj]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1994|1|14|1923|6|8|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Bury St Edmunds]], Suffolk,<br />England
| family = [[Ronald Lake (cricketer)|Ronald Lake]] (uncle)
| batting = Right-handed
| bowling =
| role =
| international =
| club1 = [[Suffolk County Cricket Club|Suffolk]]
| year1 = 1946–1964
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| columns = 1
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]
| matches1 = 5
| runs1 = 116
| bat avg1 = 11.60
| 100s/50s1 = –/1
| top score1 = 53
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| catches/stumpings1 = –/–
| date = 5 May
| year = 2013
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/11330.html Cricinfo
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'''Martin Dewe Corke''' [[Order of the British Empire|OBE]] (8 June 1923 – 14 January 1994) was an English [[cricket]]er. Corke was a right-handed [[batting (cricket)|batsman]]. He was also a prominent member of the [[Greene King Brewery]].<ref name="OBIT"/>

==Early life==
A member of the [[Greene King Brewery|Greene brewing dynasty]],<ref name="OBIT">{{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 2022}}</ref> 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]].<ref name="OBIT"/> 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.<ref name="OBIT"/> By age fifteen he was working at the family brewery in [[Bury St Edmunds]], Suffolk.<ref name="OBIT"/> However, with the start of [[World War II]] in 1939, Corke returned to the Raj to be with his parents.<ref name="OBIT"/> He was commissioned in his father's [[16th Punjab Regiment]] in 1942 then later promoted lieutenant.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=35610 |date=26 June 1942 |page=2823 }}</ref> In 1944, he was struck down with [[tuberculosis]], which ended his time in the [[British Indian Army]].<ref name="OBIT"/><ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/37009/page/1737| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190113192506/https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/37009/page/1737| archive-date = 2019-01-13| title = Page 1737 {{!}} Issue 37009, 30 March 1945 {{!}} London Gazette {{!}} The Gazette}} </ref>

==Cricket and later life==
Returning to England, he married Jean Armour, daughter of artist [[George Denholm Armour]], in 1946.<ref name="OBIT"/>
He made his debut for [[Suffolk County Cricket Club|Suffolk]] against [[Berkshire County Cricket Club|Berkshire]] in that same seasons [[Minor Counties Championship]].<ref name="MCM">{{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 2022}}</ref> 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 County Cricket Club|Cambridgeshire]] in 1964.<ref name="MCM"/> He scored over 3,000 runs for the county, as well as [[captain (cricket)|captaining]] it for eleven seasons from 1954 to 1964.<ref name="OBIT"/> Corke also played [[first-class cricket]] for the [[Free Foresters Cricket Club|Free Foresters]], making his first-class debut against [[Cambridge University Cricket Club|Cambridge University]] at [[Fenner's]] in 1953.<ref name="FCM">{{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 2022}}</ref> He made four further first-class appearances for the Free Foresters, the last of which came against [[Oxford University Cricket Club|Oxford University]] at the [[University Parks]] in 1958.<ref name="FCM"/> He scored 116 runs in his five first-class matches, at an [[batting average (cricket)|average]] of 11.60 and a high score of 53, his only first-class [[half century]].<ref>{{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 2022}}</ref>

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.<ref name="OBIT"/> In 1961, he became a [[Magistrate#United Kingdom|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,<ref name="OBIT"/> working which he later received an [[Order of the British Empire|OBE]] for his services to the [[National Health Service]] in the [[Queen Elizabeth II|Queen's]] [[1993 Birthday Honours]].<ref>{{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 2022}}</ref> He held further positions as chairman of St Edmundsbury Bench as chairman of Suffolk County Cricket Club.<ref name="OBIT"/>

He died at from cancer at [[Bury St Edmunds]], Suffolk on 14 January 1994.<ref name="OBIT"/> His uncle [[Ronald Lake (cricketer)|Ronald Lake]] also played first-class cricket.

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/11330.html Martin Corke] at [[ESPNcricinfo]]
*[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/28/28733/28733.html Martin Corke] at CricketArchive

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