Roger Knight

Roger Knight
Personal information
Full name
Roger David Verdon Knight
Born (1946-09-06) 6 September 1946 (age 78)
Streatham, England
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
Career statistics
Competition First-class List A
Matches 387 310
Runs scored 19,558 6,915
Batting average 32.00 26.09
100s/50s 31/114 4/40
Top score 165* 127
Balls bowled 27,701 11,536
Wickets 369 297
Bowling average 36.13 26.56
5 wickets in innings 4 2
10 wickets in match
Best bowling 6/44 5/39
Catches/stumpings 295/– 84/–
Source: Cricinfo, 26 April 2013

Roger David Verdon Knight OBE (born 6 September 1946) is an English administrator, cricketer and schoolmaster. He was awarded the OBE in 2007. He is an Honorary Life Member of the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC)[1] and was President of the club from 2015 to 2016.

Background

He was born in Streatham, the son of the late David Verdon Knight, who was himself both an Old Alleynian and a graduate of St Catharine's College, Cambridge, and the late Thelma Patricia Knight. D.V. Knight was a master at Dulwich College where he was also the head of the junior boarding house Bell House.

Education

He was educated at Dulwich College and at St Catharine's College, Cambridge. He read Modern and Medieval Languages, earning a BA in 1969, MA in 1972 and a DipEd in 1971.

First-Class Cricket Career

He played first-class cricket for:

Teaching career

Administrative Appointments

Recreations

Notes

  1. ^ news item
  2. ^ "OA Stories - Roger Knight OBE". www.dulwich.org.uk. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
  3. ^ "Roger Knight profile and biography, stats, records, averages, photos and videos". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
  4. ^ "Cricket: Knight to take the helm at MCC: All-round knowledge should". The Independent. 26 March 1993. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
  5. ^ "Roger Knight OBE to Chair ECB Association of Cricket Officials | Isle of Wight Cricket Board". www.isleofwightcricketboard.co.uk. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
  6. ^ "Roger Knight to take over as MCC President; Mike Gatting elected onto Committee". Sky Sports. 30 September 2015. Retrieved 19 June 2024.