Talk:List of knighted cricketers

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I've removed two names who clearly weren't knighted for services to cricket (C. Aubrey Smith and Learie Constantine). To be fair, Constantine probably only became prominent enough to do the work for which he was knighted due to his cricketing fame. I think some other entries are questionable on these grounds.--Brownlee 14:56, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

I think that "Vizianagram, The Maharajkumar of (Sir Gajapatiraj Vijaya Ananda)" and Conrad Hunte may be among the dubious ones. JH 16:55, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

Should Neville Cardus be included? He was knighted for his cricket and music journalism. JH 21:20, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

Good question. He never played cricket at any serious level (though he was a professional school coach), but clearly his knighthood was for cricket-related activities.--Brownlee 13:27, 8 January 2007 (UTC)

Perhaps the sentence that introduces the article should be amended from "A list of cricketers to have been knighted for their contribution to the sport of cricket" to "A list of those who have been knighted for their contribution to the sport of cricket". That would also make Frederick Toone fit better. I don't suppose that anything can be done about the article's title, though. JH 18:36, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

Sir Conrad Hunte was a fine West Indian opener, but what might have prompted his knighthood was the gallant act of saving the flags of his country and his host from atop the Brabourne Stadium from being burnt when a riot broke out in a test match in India Krishna Kumar 11:23, 4 March 2007 (UTC)

That may have been a factor. He seems to have been knighted by the Barbados government for his cricket development work in his native Barbados and in South Africa, rather than for his playing career. JH (talk page) 14:33, 4 March 2007 (UTC)

If someone is knighted arising out of his cricket career, that's fair enough. Sir Clyde Walcott was knighted for being president of the ICC, but surely that counts.--Brownlee 22:03, 4 March 2007 (UTC)