Background
He was born at Petworth, Sussex.
He was born at Petworth, Sussex.
Knight was a right-handed batsman who fielded as a wicket-keeper. He occasionally bowled underarm slow. Knight made his first-class debut for Sussex against Kent in 1860.
He played infrequently for Sussex over the next fourteen years, making twelve further first-class appearances, the last of which came against Gloucestershire in 1874.
In his thirteen first-class appearances, he scored a total of 125 runs at an average of 6.25, with a high score of 21. In the field he took 8 catches and made 11 stumpings.
With his occasionally underarm bowling, he took just a single wicket. He died at the town of his birth on 8 January 1901.