Charles Knapp | |
Fullname: | Charles Arthur Knapp |
Birth Date: | 27 November 1845 |
Birth Place: | Sleaford, Lincolnshire, England |
Death Place: | Wellington, New Zealand |
Role: | All-rounder, occasional wicket-keeper |
Club1: | Wellington |
Year1: | 1873–74 to 1884–85 |
Columns: | 1 |
Column1: | First-class |
Matches1: | 9 |
Runs1: | 124 |
Bat Avg1: | 7.75 |
100S/50S1: | 0/0 |
Top Score1: | 37 |
Deliveries1: | 512 |
Wickets1: | 11 |
Bowl Avg1: | 9.54 |
Fivefor1: | 1 |
Tenfor1: | 0 |
Best Bowling1: | 5/21 |
Catches/Stumpings1: | 3/0 |
Date: | 1 July 2023 |
Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/37582.html Cricinfo |
Charles Arthur Knapp (27 November 1845 – 9 September 1927) was a New Zealand sportsman. He played in nine first-class cricket matches for Wellington from 1873 to 1885, and was prominent in many other sports.[1] [2]
Born in Sleaford, Lincolnshire, Knapp was educated at Lancing College and Oxford University.[2] He emigrated to New Zealand in 1871, and worked for the Australian Mutual Provident Society in Wellington until 1881, when he joined the Public Works Department as a computer. He retired in 1891 and spent the rest of his life as a "private gentleman" in Wellington, sharing a residence with Martin Chapman KC.[2] He was a director of the Kelburn Tram Company.[2]
In his second first-class match, in March 1874, Knapp made 37, the highest score of the match on either side, in a tie between Wellington and Nelson.[3] In his next match a year later he was again the highest scorer, with 31 and 10, when Wellington lost narrowly to Nelson by two wickets.[4] His batting was less effective later, but he took 5 for 21 and 2 for 5 opening the bowling against Nelson in December 1876, when Nelson won by 41 runs.[5]
Later, Knapp served on the committee of the Wellington Cricket Association for many years.[2] He also umpired four first-class matches at the Basin Reserve in Wellington between 1884 and 1894.[6]
Knapp was a life member of the Wellington Football Club and a referee, and a participant and administrator in both rowing and athletics. In his later years he was a keen bowler; he died at home the day after collapsing on the green at the Wellington Bowling Club, aged 81.[2]