Roger Knight
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| Full name | Roger David Verdon Knight | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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6 September 1946 Streatham, England |
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| Batting style | Left-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling style | Right-arm medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source: Cricinfo, 26 April 2013 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Roger David Verdon Knight OBE (born 6 September 1946) is an English administrator, cricketer and schoolmaster. He was awarded the OBE in 2007. He is an Honorary Life Member of the MCC. and was President of the club from 2015 to 2016.
He was born in Streatham, the son of the late David Verdon Knight, who was himself both an Old Alleynian and a graduate of St Catharine's College, Cambridge, and the late Thelma Patricia Knight. D.V. Knight was a master at Dulwich College where he was also the head of the junior boarding house Bell House.
He was educated at Dulwich College and at St Catharine's College, Cambridge University. He read Modern and Medieval Languages, earning a BA in 1969, MA in 1972 and a DipEd in 1971.
He played first-class cricket for:
He married Christine Ann McNab in 1971. They have one son and one daughter.
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