| Alec Knight | |
| Fullname: | Alexander Rutherford Knight |
| Birth Date: | 24 January 1899 |
| Birth Place: | Dunedin, New Zealand |
| Death Place: | Auckland, New Zealand |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Bowling: | Right-arm off-spin |
| Club1: | Otago |
| Columns: | 1 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 51 |
| Runs1: | 2245 |
| Bat Avg1: | 24.13 |
| 100S/50S1: | 1/11 |
| Top Score1: | 152 |
| Deliveries1: | 580 |
| Wickets1: | 11 |
| Bowl Avg1: | 34.27 |
| Fivefor1: | 0 |
| Tenfor1: | 0 |
| Best Bowling1: | 3/62 |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 34/– |
| Date: | 25 September |
| Year: | 2023 |
| Source: | https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/alexander-knight-37586 ESPNcricinfo |
Alexander Rutherford Knight (24 January 1899 – 8 April 1986) was a New Zealand cricketer who played first-class cricket for Otago between the 1918–19 and 1943–44 seasons.
Alec Knight was born in Dunedin and educated at Otago Boys' High School.[1] He played 51 first-class matches, mostly as an opening batsman. He scored 56 and 152 ― his only first-class century ― for Otago against Canterbury in 1940–41, his 50th and second-last first-class match.[2] [3] When Otago played the touring English team in 1929–30 he top-scored in each innings with 44 and 51.[4] His highest score in the Plunket Shield was 83 after Otago trailed by 333 runs on the first innings against Wellington in 1927–28.[5]
Professionally Knight was a civil servant.[1] He died in Auckland in 1986, aged 87.[6] An obituary was published in the New Zealand Cricket Almanack.[1]