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Colin Knight
Colin Richard Knight (born 24 May 1956) is a former English cricketer. Knight was a right-handed batsman (cricket), batsman who fielded as a wicket-keeper. He was born in Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire. Knight made his debut for Cumberland County Cricket Club, Cumberland in the 1987 Minor Counties Championship against Durham County Cricket Club, Durham. Knight played Minor counties of English and Welsh cricket, Minor counties cricket for Cumberland from 1987 to 1992, including 19 Minor Counties Championship matches and 6 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. In 1992, he played his only List A cricket, List A match against Essex County Cricket Club, Essex in the 1992 NatWest Trophy, NatWest Trophy. In this match he scored 21 runs before being dismissed by Don Topley. References External linksColin Knightat ESPNcricinfoColin Knight at CricketArchive {{DEFAULTSORT:Knight, Colin 1956 births Living people Sportspeople from Barrow-in-Furness Cricketers from Cumbria English crick ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barrow-in-Furness
Barrow-in-Furness is a port town in Cumbria, England. Historically in Lancashire, it was incorporated as a municipal borough in 1867 and merged with Dalton-in-Furness Urban District in 1974 to form the Borough of Barrow-in-Furness. In 2023 the borough will merge with Eden and South Lakeland districts to form a new unitary authority; Westmorland and Furness. At the tip of the Furness peninsula, close to the Lake District, it is bordered by Morecambe Bay, the Duddon Estuary and the Irish Sea. In 2011, Barrow's population was 56,745, making it the second largest urban area in Cumbria after Carlisle. Natives of Barrow, as well as the local dialect, are known as Barrovian. In the Middle Ages, Barrow was a small hamlet within the parish of Dalton-in-Furness with Furness Abbey, now on the outskirts of the town, controlling the local economy before its dissolution in 1537. The iron prospector Henry Schneider arrived in Furness in 1839 and, with other investors, opened the Furness Railwa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
