Alford Corriette

{{Short description|West Indian cricketer (1948–2023)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Alford Corriette

| country = West Indies

| international =

| fullname = Alford Ferdinand Christopher Corriette

| nickname =

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1948|8|23|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Montserrat

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2023|1|2|1948|8|23|df=yes}}

| death_place = Brooklyn, New York, United States of America

| heightft =

| heightinch =

| heightm =

| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Right-arm medium

| role = All-rounder

| family =

| club1 = Combined Leeward and Windward Island

| year1 = 1972/73–1975/76

| clubnumber1 =

| club2 = Leeward Islands

| year2 = 1972/73–1975/76

| clubnumber2 =

| club3 = Montserrat

| year3 = 1970–1976

| clubnumber3 =

| columns = 2

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 22

| runs1 = 851

| bat avg1 = 25.78

| 100s/50s1 = 1/6

| top score1 = 113*

| deliveries1 = 3,185

| wickets1 = 44

| bowl avg1 = 30.61

| fivefor1 = 0

| tenfor1 = 0

| best bowling1 = 4/33

| catches/stumpings1 = 6/–

| column2 = List A

| matches2 = 2

| runs2 = 12

| bat avg2 = 12.00

| 100s/50s2 = 0/0

| top score2 = 9

| deliveries2 = 108

| wickets2 = 1

| bowl avg2 = 81.00

| fivefor2 = 0

| tenfor2 = –

| best bowling2 = 1/31

| catches/stumpings2 = 0/–

| date = 14 October

| year = 2012

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/51602.html Cricinfo

}}

Alford Ferdinand Christopher Corriette (23 August 1948 – 2 January 2023)https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/alford-corriette-51602 was a West Indies cricketer who played 24 matches for the Combined Islands and the Leeward Islands in a career that lasted from 1972 until 1976. A right-handed batsman and right-arm medium pace bowler, Corriette scored 851 runs and claimed 44 wickets in his first-class career,{{cite web|url=http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/51602.html |title=Player Profile:Alford Corriette |publisher=Cricinfo |accessdate=2010-02-17}} including 81 against the touring Australian cricket team in 1973.{{cite web |last1=Martin |first1=Edwin |title=Frank Edward's all-time Montserrat cricket team is revealed |url=https://www.montserratspotlight.com/frank-edwards-all-time-montserrat-cricket-team-is-revealed/ |website=Montserrat Spotlight |publisher=Montserrat Spotlight |accessdate=4 September 2019}}

Corriette moved to the US in 1982, working as a plumber and electrician in New York.{{cite news |last1=Martin |first1=Edwin L. |title=Montserrat's Alford Corriette, a former Caribbean cricket standout, dies at 74 |url=https://www.montserratspotlight.com/montserrats-alford-corriette-a-former-caribbean-cricket-standout-dies-at-74/ |access-date=2 July 2023 |work=Montserrat Spotlight |date=4 January 2023}}