List of knighted cricketers

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A list of cricketers to have been knighted for their contribution to the sport of cricket.

Contents 1 Australia 2 England 3 India 4 New Zealand 5 West Indies 6 Notes 7 External link

[edit] Australia

• Bradman, Sir Donald (1908–2001)

[edit] England

• Allen, Sir George (1902–1989)
• Bedser, Sir Alec (born 1918)
• Cowdrey, Sir Colin (Baron Cowdrey of Tonbridge) (1932–2000)
• Hobbs, Sir John (1882–1963)
• Hutton, Sir Len (1916–1990)
• Lacey, Sir Francis (1859–1946)
• Leveson-Gower, Sir Henry (Shrimp) (1873–1954) (knighted 1953)
• Smith, Sir Aubrey (1863–1948)^[1]
• Toone, Sir Frederick (1868–1930)
• Warner, Sir Pelham (1873–1963)

[edit] India

• Vizianagram, The Maharajkumar of (Sir Gajapatiraj Vijaya Ananda) (1905-1965)

[edit] New Zealand

• Hadlee, Sir Richard (born 1951)

[edit] West Indies

• Constantine, Sir Learie (Baron Constantine of Maraval and Nelson) (1901–1971)
• Hunte, Sir Conrad (1932–1999)
• Richards, Sir Vivian (born 1952)
• Sobers, Sir Garfield (born 1936)
• Walcott, Sir Clyde (1926–2006)
• Weekes, Sir Everton (born 1925)
• Worrell, Sir Frank (1924–1967)

[edit] Notes

1. ^ Knighted for services to "Anglo-American amity".

[edit] External link

• Cricketing Knights