Roger Knight
Roger David Verdon Knight is an English administrator, cricketer and schoolmaster. He was awarded the OBE in 2007. He is an Honorary Life Member of the Marylebone [Cricket Club] and was President of the club from 2015 to 2016.
Background
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.Education
He was educated at Dulwich College and at St Catharine's College, Cambridge. 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 first-class cricket for:- Cambridge University Cricket Club
- Surrey [County Cricket Club] and
- Gloucestershire County Cricket Club
- Sussex County Cricket Club
Teaching career
- Assistant Master at Eastbourne College
- Assistant Master at Dulwich College
- Housemaster at Cranleigh School
- Headmaster of Worksop College
Administrative Appointments
- Surrey County Cricket Club Cricket Committee
- Vice Chairman of the South East Region of the Sports Council
- Governor of the TVS Trust
- MCC Committee
- HMC Sports sub-committee
- Secretary of Marylebone Cricket Club
- President of the European Cricket Federation
- Governor of Rendcomb College
- ECB Management Board
- Governor of King's School, Taunton
- Chairman of Education Committee
- Councillor of the London Playing Fields Society
- Secretary & Chief Executive of Marylebone Cricket Club
- Governor of Dulwich College
- Chairman of the European Cricket Council
- Chairman of the Board of the ECB Association of Cricket Officials
- President of Surrey County Cricket Club
- President of Marylebone Cricket Club
Recreations
- Cricket, tennis, bridge, piano music, 17th century French Literature