[5] Among Corfe's initiatives at Christ's College were the gymnasium, the swimming pool, the chapel organ, the cadet corps and the annual athletic sports.

He later occupied relieving positions at schools in Australasia, including at Christ's College during the First World War, for which he refused to accept payment.

In 1875 against Otago he scored 88 in a little over two hours from "some really fine cricket, playing the bail balls from all the bowlers well down, and hitting well when a chance offered".

[8] It was the highest first-class individual score in New Zealand until George Watson of Canterbury made the first century in 1881.

The Canterbury Cricket Association adopted their colours of red and black in honour of Corfe's college at Cambridge.