Roger Knight | |
Country: | England |
Fullname: | Roger David Verdon Knight |
Birth Date: | 1946 9, df=y |
Birth Place: | Streatham, England |
Batting: | Left-handed |
Bowling: | Right-arm medium |
Columns: | 2 |
Column1: | First-class |
Matches1: | 387 |
Runs1: | 19,558 |
Bat Avg1: | 32.00 |
100S/50S1: | 31/114 |
Top Score1: | 165 |
Deliveries1: | 27,701 |
Wickets1: | 369 |
Bowl Avg1: | 36.13 |
Fivefor1: | 4 |
Tenfor1: | - |
Best Bowling1: | 6/44 |
Catches/Stumpings1: | 295/ - |
Column2: | List A |
Matches2: | 310 |
Runs2: | 6,915 |
Bat Avg2: | 26.09 |
100S/50S2: | 4/40 |
Top Score2: | 127 |
Deliveries2: | 11,536 |
Wickets2: | 297 |
Bowl Avg2: | 26.56 |
Fivefor2: | 2 |
Best Bowling2: | 5/39 |
Catches/Stumpings2: | 84/ - |
Date: | 26 April |
Year: | 2013 |
Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/15915.html Cricinfo |
Roger David Verdon Knight (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.
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.
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.
He played first-class cricket for: