Roger David Verdon Knight (born 6 September 1946) is an English

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and

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. He was awarded the OBE in 2007. He is an Honorary Life Member of the

Marylebone Cricket Club The Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) is a cricket club founded in 1787 and based since 1814 at Lord's, Lord's Cricket Ground, which it owns, in St John's Wood, London, England. The club was the governing body of cricket from 1788 to 1989 and retain ...

(MCC) and was President of the club from 2015 to 2016.

Background

He was born in

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, the son of the late David Verdon Knight, who was himself both an

Old Alleynian Dulwich College is a 2-18 Private schools in the United Kingdom, private, Day school, day and boarding school for Single-sex education, boys in Dulwich, London, England. As a Public school (United Kingdom), public school, it began as the Colleg ...

and a graduate of St Catharine's College, Cambridge, and the late Thelma Patricia Knight. D.V. Knight was a master at

Dulwich College Dulwich College is a 2-18 private, day and boarding school for boys in Dulwich, London, England. As a public school, it began as the College of God's Gift, founded in 1619 by Elizabethan actor Edward Alleyn, with the original purpose of ...

where he was also the head of the junior boarding house Bell House.

Education

He was educated at

and at

St Catharine's College, Cambridge St Catharine's College is a Colleges of the University of Cambridge, constituent college of the University of Cambridge, England. Founded in 1473 as Katharine Hall, it adopted its current name in 1860. The college is nicknamed "Catz". The colle ...

. He read Modern and Medieval Languages, earning a BA in 1969, MA in 1972 and a DipEd in 1971.

First-Class Cricket Career

He played

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for: *

Cambridge University Cricket Club Cambridge University Cricket Club, established in 1820, is the representative cricket club for students of the University of Cambridge. The club was recognised as holding first-class cricket, first-class status until 2020. The university played ...

(blue) (1967–1970) *

Surrey County Cricket Club Surrey County Cricket Club (Surrey CCC) is a first-class club in county cricket, one of eighteen in the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales. It represents the historic county of Surrey, including areas that now form South Londo ...

(1968–1970) and (1978–1984) (

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1978–1983) *

Gloucestershire County Cricket Club Gloucestershire County Cricket Club, founded in 1870, is one of 18 first-class cricket, first-class county cricket, county clubs within the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales. It represents the Historic counties of England, hist ...

(1971–1975) *

Sussex County Cricket Club Sussex County Cricket Club is the oldest of eighteen first-class county clubs within the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales. It represents the historic county of Sussex. Its limited overs team is called the Sussex Sharks. The c ...

(1976–1977)

Teaching career

*Assistant Master at

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(1970–1978) *Assistant Master at

(1978–1983) *Housemaster at Cranleigh School (1983–1990) *

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of Worksop College (1990–1993)

Administrative Appointments

* Surrey County Cricket Club Cricket Committee (1984–1987) * Vice Chairman of the South East Region of the Sports Council (1985–1990) *Governor of the TVS Trust (1987–1992) * MCC Committee (1989–1992) *HMC Sports sub-committee (1991–1993) *

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(MCC) (1994–2000) *President of the European Cricket Federation (1994–1997) *Governor of Rendcomb College (1995–1999) * ECB Management Board (1997–2006) *Governor of King's School, Taunton (1998 to date) *Chairman of Education Committee (The King's Schools, Taunton) (2004 to date) *Councillor of the London Playing Fields Society (1998–2002) * Secretary & Chief Executive of

(MCC) (2000–2006) *Governor of Dulwich College (2004 to date) *Chairman of the

European Cricket Council The European Cricket Council (ECC) was an international body which oversaw cricket in European countries other than the Test cricket, Test-playing cricketing nation of English cricket team, England, the only European Full Member of the ICC for ...

(2006 to date) *Chairman of the Board of the ECB

Association of Cricket Officials The Association of Cricket Officials (ACO) is an organisation set up to represent and support cricket officials, especially Umpire (cricket), umpires and Scoring (cricket), scorers. It operates under the auspices of the England and Wales Cricket ...

(2008 to date) *President of Surrey County Cricket Club (2008–2009) *President of Marylebone Cricket Club (2015–2016)

Recreations

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, piano music, 17th century French Literature

Notes

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