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Full name | Frederick Hammett Knott | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Tunbridge Wells, Kent | 30 October 1891||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 10 February 1972 Horsell Birch, Woking, Surrey | (aged 80)||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm leg-break | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Relations | John Knott (brother) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1910–1914 | Kent | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1911–1914 | Oxford University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricInfo, 4 June 2016 |
Frederick Hammett Knott MC (30 October 1891 – 10 February 1972), known as Freddie Knott, was an English amateur cricketer. Knott played for Oxford University Cricket Club and Kent County Cricket Club in the years before the First World War. He played occasionally after the war, including once for Sussex in 1926.
Knott was considered one of cricket's brightest schoolboy talents at Tonbridge School but had a more disappointing time at Oxford. He also played varsity rugby union and was a fine all-round sportsman, later becoming a scratch golfer. He served in the British Army in both World Wars and won the Military Cross after being wounded in Macedonia in 1917.