Eric Knowles (cricketer)
Australian cricketer
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Eric Charles Knowles (9 March 1896 – 15 September 1978) was a first-class cricketer who played for Queensland from 1926 to 1928.
Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia
Southport, Queensland
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| Full name | Eric Charles Knowles | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 9 March 1896 Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 15 September 1978 (aged 82) Southport, Queensland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1925-26 to 1928-29 | Queensland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 22 August 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
When he was a 15-year-old schoolboy at Toowoomba Grammar School, Knowles represented Toowoomba against the touring MCC in 1911-12, opening the bowling and top-scoring in Toowoomba's first innings with 22 not out.[1] He served with the First AIF in Egypt and France during the First World War, and was mentioned in despatches.[2] He took up fruit-farming at Stanthorpe when he returned.[3] In October 1919 he married Stella Hooper in Ipswich.[4]
After a few years he moved to Brisbane, playing with the Western Suburbs club, which he captained from 1926 to 1936, leading them to the premiership in 1931-32.[5] His work allowed him only four appearances for Queensland. In 1926-27, Queensland's first season in the Sheffield Shield, he scored 40 and 144 in Queensland's victory over Victoria.[6]
His elder brother was Sir George Knowles.[7]