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Roger Knight interviewed by David Rayvern Allen part 1



Reference
MCC/AAL/3/1
Date:
2006-11-10
Level of description
item
Extent
1 CD: 1 hour 2 minutes 15 seconds
Part of
David Rayvern Allen Audio Archive (MCC/AAL/3)
Scope and Content
CD, Roger Knight, cricketer and MCC Secretary, interviewed by David Rayvern Allen. The CD consists of 13 tracks.

Track 1: [0:00-1:32] Knight talks about his early life, [1:35-2:08] Knight talks about sporting interests in his family, [2:12-2:53] Allen talks about Knight's middle name, Verdon, [2:56-4:50] Knight talks about sporting contemporaries at Dulwich College including Peter Oosterhuis and Raymond Keene, and being coached at rugby by John Gwilliam, former Welsh captain and Brian Richards, Welsh fly-half.

Track 2: [0:00-1:40] Knight talks about cricket teams and his experience of playing cricket at Dulwich, including playing against Geoff Arnold for Dulwich against Surrey and getting 0 on his debut for Dulwich, [1:40-3:07] Knight talks about other cricketers at Dulwich including Trevor Bailey, [Arthur, Harold and Frank] Gilligan and Denys Wilcox, [3:07-3:56] Knight talks about going to Cambridge University to read medieval and modern languages.

Track 3: [0:00-2:17] Knight talks about playing cricket for Cambridge in the summer and rugby in the winter, [2:19-4:38] Knight talks about the step up to play varsity cricket from school cricket.

Track 4: [0:00-0:30] Knight talks about being awarded a Blue at all four years at Cambridge and believed that he should have got more 100s, [0:30-3:43] Knight talks about why he did not get as many 100s as he should have believed it was possibly due to concentration. Allen asks why Knight did not convert his 50s into 100s.

Track 5: [0:00-0:24] Knight talks about how his debut for Surrey County Cricket Club in 1968, [0:24-2:41] Knight talks about his second game at Yorkshire when Fred Trueman was bowling and got 60 the day Yorkshire won the County Championship.

Track 6: [0:00-2:45] Knight talks about moving to Gloucestershire County Cricket Club in 1970, and obtaining a teaching post at Eastbourne, [2:45-4:38] Knight talks about his gratitude to his headmaster for allowing him to play a full season of county cricket despite his teaching commitments.

Track 7: [0:00-0:40] Knight talks about his scoring record (over 1000 runs in thirteen consecutive seasons), [0:41-2:56] Knight talks about his daughter being born and moving to Sussex in 1974, [3:17-4:45] Knight talks about suggestions of him being selected for England as a player and captain, [4:46-5:48] Knight talks about his return to Surrey in 1978 as captain.

Track 8: [0:00-6:06] Knight talks about also being offered captaincy of Sussex in 1978, his decision to leave Eastbourne to return to Dulwich College and also rejoin Surrey as captain, difficulties of first season and success in finishing third in the County Championship in 1979, losing to Essex in the Gillette Cup Final 1979, and winning the NatWest Cup in 1982.

Track 9: [0:00-0:49] Knight talks about one day cricket suiting his style of play, [0:50-4:02], Knight talks about his experiences of playing with Sylvester Clarke and reflections on Clarke's career.

Track 10: [0:00-1:15] Knight talks about going to South Africa in 1972, [1:16-2:45] Knight talks about his opinions on South Africa and apartheid, [2:46-5:40] Knight talks about the MCC tours to West Africa and East Africa.

Track 11: [0:00-2:59] Knight talks about MCC tours to West Africa and East Africa (continued from Track 10), [2:59-4:04] Knight talks about the format of modern cricket tours, particularly with getting to know the country and the locals.

Track 12: [0:00-4:49] Knight talks about the format of cricket tours overseas and expresses regret at players being too insular when on tour.

Track 13: [0:00-2:10] Knight talks about the conduct of players on overseas tours, discusses the attendance of teams for a reception at Lord's on the Friday during a Test Match, and criticises England and West Indies teams for their reluctance to attend, [2:12-4:45] Knight talks about his interest in European Cricket and a match he captained for MCC vs. France in 1989. [4:46-6:45] Knight talks about the European Championships [European Cricketer Cup] held in 1992 and development of European Cricket. (The CD ends before Knight has finished speaking).

A back-up copy of this CD is also included.
Associations
Roger David Verdon Knight
David Rayvern Allen
Trevor Edward Bailey
Arthur Edward Robert Gilligan
Alfred Herbert Harold Gilligan
George Murray Fullerton
Denys Robert Wilcox
Cambridge University
Dulwich College
Surrey County Cricket Club
Yorkshire County Cricket Club
Frederick Sewards Trueman
Mohammad Younis Ahmed
Donald Wilson
Gloucestershire County Cricket Club
Sussex County Cricket Club
Peter A Oosterhuis
Raymond Keene
Dennis Brian Close
John Albert Gwilliam
Thomas Bryan Richards
Sylvester Theophilus Clarke
Geoffrey Graham Arnold
Subject
European cricket, MCC tours, apartheid, MCC in East Africa 1973-1974, MCC in West Africa 1976, county cricket, Teaching
Conditions governing access
Open
Language
English
Size
1 CD: 1 hour 2 minutes 15 seconds
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