Ted Corbett

Ted Corbett (21 February 1935 – 9 August 2017)[1] was an English cricket writer and sports journalist.[2] He wrote The Great Cricket Betting Scandal (Parrs Wood Press, 2000).[3]

For the New Zealand organic chemist, see Ted Corbett (chemist).

Best known for his cricket journalism, Corbett also covered both rugby codes, soccer, snooker, golf and athletics. He reported extensively on behalf of The Hindu, the Financial Times and other publications. Corbett began his career in 1951, as a tea boy, aged 16, at the Yorkshire Evening Press. During his National Service he edited Japan News, the forces newspaper, in Tokyo.

Following his military service, Corbett returned to York as a sports writer, went on to the Daily Herald, the Daily Mirror, the Daily Telegraph and the Daily Express, before becoming cricket correspondent of the Daily Star in 1982. In 1989, Corbett set up his own sports agency. Corbett also wrote for the Indian daily newspaper The Hindu and its supplementary sports digest, The Sportstar.[4]

References
  1. "Sports journalist Ted Corbett passes away". Sportstarlive.com. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
  2. "Former cricket writer Ted Corbett dies aged 82". Espncricinfo.com. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
  3. Fiction spun out of facts, Hinduonnet.com; accessed 11 August 2017.
  4. Booth, Lawrence (2018). Wisden Cricketer's Almanack. p. 191. ISBN 978-1472953544.
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