Donald Knight (cricketer)
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| Batting style | Right-hand bat | |
| Bowling type | - | |
| Tests | First-class | |
| Matches | 2 | 139 |
| Runs scored | 54 | 6231 |
| Batting average | 13.50 | 30.84 |
| 100s/50s | -/- | 13/30 |
| Top score | 38 | 156* |
| Balls bowled | - | 52 |
| Wickets | - | 3 |
| Bowling average | - | 8.33 |
| 5 wickets in innings | - | - |
| 10 wickets in match | - | - |
| Best bowling | - | 2/0 |
| Catches/stumpings | 1/- | 74/- |
Donald John Knight (born May 12, 1894 in Sutton, Surrey, died January 5, 1960 in London) was a cricketer who played for Surrey, Oxford University and England.
An opening batsman, Knight played for Surrey as a schoolboy at Malvern College, and won a Blue at Oxford either side of the First World War. His great season was 1919 when, after university, he opened regularly for Surrey with Jack Hobbs and scored 1,588 runs at an average of more than 45 runs per innings, with nine centuries. The following year, he was struck on the head while fielding and was never the same batsman again. He became a master at Westminster School and appeared only occasionally for Surrey, retiring after reappearing for 12 games in 1937.
Knight was picked for two Test matches against the all-conquering Australians in 1921, but made little impact, scoring 54 runs in four innings.
He was a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1915.
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