Alastair McCorquodale (5 December 1925 – 27 February 2009) was a British athlete and cricketer. His son married Lady Sarah Spencer, a sister of Diana, Princess of Wales.
McCorquodale was educated at Harrow where he opened the bowling for the 1st XI in the 1948 Eton v Harrow match at Lord's. He represented Britain in Athletics at the 1948 Olympic Games in London. He was denied a bronze medal in the 100m final by a photo finish, but won a silver medal in the 4 × 100 m relay. He never ran again.
He also represented the Free Foresters, Marylebone Cricket Club in 1948 and Middlesex in three matches in 1951, as a left-handed batsman and a right-arm fast bowler. He toured Canada with MCC in 1951–52. He was the seventh oldest living Middlesex first-class cricketer prior to his death.
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Early life
McCorquodale was born in Hillhead, Glasgow City, on 5 December 1925. He was from Hatfield Place, Hatfield Peverel, the son of Major Kenneth McCorquodale (a grandson of George McCorquodale, founder of McCorquodale printing company, and a member of the McCorquodale family).