Arthur Knight (footballer)

Arthur Knight
Personal information
Full name Arthur Egerton Knight
Date of birth (1887-09-07)7 September 1887[nb 1]
Place of birth Godalming, Surrey, England
Date of death 10 March 1956(1956-03-10) (aged 68)
Place of death Southsea, Hampshire, England
Position(s) Left-back
Youth career
Godalming[1]
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1908–1922 Portsmouth
1921–1931 Corinthians
International career
1911-1920 England Amateur 30
1919 England 1 (0)

Cricket information
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1913–1923Hampshire
Career statistics
Competition FC
Matches 4
Runs scored 17
Batting average 5.85
100s/50s 0
Top score 29
Balls bowled 18
Wickets 1
Bowling average 17.00
5 wickets in innings 0
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 1-17
Catches/stumpings 2/0
Source: CricketArchive, 20 November 2017
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
Olympic medal record
Men's football
Representing  Great Britain
Gold medal – first place 1912 Stockholm Team competition

Arthur Egerton Knight (7 September 1887[nb 1] – 10 March 1956) was an English amateur footballer who played as a left-back for Portsmouth and Corinthians. He played internationally for the England amateur team, also gaining one full cap for the main England national team.[2] He was a gold medalist with Great Britain at the 1912 Summer Olympics.[3]


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  1. ^ "Amateur doings". The Observer. 8 March 1914. p. 19 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Arthur Knight". Olympedia. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
  3. ^ "Olympians Who Played First-Class Cricket". Olympedia. Retrieved 28 July 2020.