Background
He was born in Parkstone, Dorset and educated at Radley College.
He was born in Parkstone, Dorset and educated at Radley College.
Radley College.
Cornwell was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium. Cornwell made his debut for Dorset in the 1947 Minor Counties Championship against Wiltshire. He played 2 further Minor Counties Championship matches in 1950, against Berkshire and Oxfordshire.
He made a single first-class match for the Free Foresters against Oxford University in 1949.
In this match he was dismissed for a duck twice, by George Chesterton in the Free Foresters first-innings, and by future South Africa Test player Clive van Ryneveld in their second. He took 3 wickets in the match, all coming in the Oxford University first-innings for the cost of 60 runs from 16 overs.
