Eric Knowles (cricketer)

Eric Charles Knowles (9 March 1896 – 15 September 1978) was a first-class cricketer who played for Queensland from 1926 to 1928.

Eric Knowles

Personal information
Full name	Eric Charles Knowles
Born	(1896-03-09)9 March 1896 Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia
Died	15 September 1978(1978-09-15) (aged 82) Southport, Queensland
Batting	Right-handed
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1925-26 to 1928-29	Queensland
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 4 Runs scored 267 Batting average 33.37 100s/50s 1/0 Top score 144 Balls bowled 0 Wickets – Bowling average – 5 wickets in innings – 10 wickets in match – Best bowling – Catches/stumpings 2/0
Source: Cricinfo, 22 August 2019

When he was a 15-year-old schoolboy at Toowoomba Grammar School, Knowles represented Toowoomba against the touring MCC in 1911-12, opening the bowling and top-scoring in Toowoomba's first innings with 22 not out.^[1] He served with the First AIF in Egypt and France during the First World War, and was mentioned in despatches.^[2] He took up fruit-farming at Stanthorpe when he returned.^[3] In October 1919 he married Stella Hooper in Ipswich.^[4]

After a few years he moved to Brisbane, playing with the Western Suburbs club, which he captained from 1926 to 1936, leading them to the premiership in 1931-32.^[5] His work allowed him only four appearances for Queensland. In 1926-27, Queensland's first season in the Sheffield Shield, he scored 40 and 144 in Queensland's victory over Victoria.^[6]

His elder brother was Sir George Knowles.^[7]