In the decade preceding McCorkell joining Hampshire, Walter Livsey and George Brown kept wicket for the county Livsey's playing career ended in 1929, with Brown's career coming to an end by the early 1930s.
In 1939, the final season before first-class cricket was cancelled due to World War II, he made 27 first-class appearances,[REF] and once again passed a thousands runs for the season, making 1,030.