Matthew Cornock

Return to Scotland By 1919, he had returned to Scotland and was playing for Bellshill Athletic. He "did not exactly shine" on his debut in September, and by January 1921 had moved on to Plean Juniors, where he created a better impression. He appeared in junior international trial matches, playing for the Rest of Scotland against Fifeshire in January and for a national Junior Select against Midlothian in March, and at the end of the 1920–21 season, was selected for the Scottish Junior international tour of Norway.

In March, Cornock was reported to have "no intention of accepting the senior ticket", but in the close season, he did so, signing for Stenhousemuir, who were making their Scottish League debut in the first post-war Division Two season. He played in something more than half the league matches, and scored at a rate of a goal every other game, but in his third season, in which he played mainly at inside left rather than his customary centre-forward role, he lost form, produced only 8 goals from 28 appearances, and was not offered a new contract.

He signed for Albion Rovers, also of Division Two, for the 1924–25 season, but was not there long. After playing just nine matches and scoring five goals, Cornock signed for another Division Two club, Forfar Athletic, He scored a hat-trick on his debut, in a 3–1 home defeat of Dumbarton on 28 December, but after playing in the next seven fixtures without scoring, he was not persevered with. He joined Queen of the South for 1925–26, but soon lost his place to the returning Willie McCall, and made only two appearances.

Cornock died in 1961.