Joseph McCormick was educated at Bingley Grammar School and St John's College, Cambridge.
[1] A right-handed batsman and right arm slow roundarm bowler who was mainly associated with Cambridge University and Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), he made 19 known appearances in first-class matches.
In 1856, the year he captained Cambridge University at cricket, he was also a rowing blue.
After Cambridge, he studied at Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland, gaining a BD (Bachelor of Divinity) and a DD (Doctor of Divinity) He was Ordained Deacon of London 1858 and Priest 1859 He was made Rector of St James, Piccadilly, London (1900-1914) where an outside pulpit was erected by Friends in 1904; Canon of York Cathedral from 1884 to 1901, and Hon.
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