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.
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Full name | Alexander Rutherford Knight | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Dunedin, New Zealand | 24 January 1899||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 8 April 1986 Auckland, New Zealand | (aged 87)||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm off-spin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1918/19–1943/44 | Otago | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: ESPNcricinfo, 25 September 2023 |
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]