Alec Knight (cricketer)

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.

Alec Knight

Personal information
Full name	Alexander Rutherford Knight
Born	(1899-01-24)24 January 1899 Dunedin, New Zealand
Died	8 April 1986(1986-04-08) (aged 87) Auckland, New Zealand
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm off-spin
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1918/19–1943/44	Otago
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 51 Runs scored 2245 Batting average 24.13 100s/50s 1/11 Top score 152 Balls bowled 580 Wickets 11 Bowling average 34.27 5 wickets in innings 0 10 wickets in match 0 Best bowling 3/62 Catches/stumpings 34/–
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]