{{Short description|New Zealand cricketer (1935–2021)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2016}} {{Use New Zealand English|date=May 2016}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Stewart McKnight | image = | country = New Zealand | fullname = Stewart Gemmell McKnight | birth_date = {{birth date|1935|1|9|df=yes}} | birth_place = Ranfurly, Central Otago, New Zealand | death_date = {{death date and age|2021|1|8|1935|1|9|df=yes}} | death_place = Ranfurly, Central Otago, New Zealand | family = Ken McKnight (son) | batting = Right-handed | bowling = Right-arm off break | role = | club1 = Otago | year1 = {{nowrap|1958/59–1966/67}} | club2 = Central Otago | year2 = {{nowrap|1963/64–1976/77}}
| type1 = FC | debutdate1 = 25 December | debutyear1 = 1958 | debutfor1 = Otago | debutagainst1 = Canterbury | lastdate1 = 12 January | lastyear1 = 1967 | lastfor1 = Otago | lastagainst1 = Central Districts | columns = 1 | column1 = First-class | matches1 = 7 | runs1 = 123 | bat avg1 = 9.46 | 100s/50s1 = 0/0 | top score1 = 23 | hidedeliveries = true | catches/stumpings1 = 2/– | date = 21 January | year = 2021 | source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/37886.html ESPNcricinfo }}
'''Stewart Gemmell McKnight''' (9 January 1935 – 8 January 2021) was a New Zealand cricketer. He played seven first-class matches for Otago between the 1958–59 and 1966–67 seasons.<ref name=ci>{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/37886.html |title=Stewart McKnight |access-date=15 May 2016 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref>
McKnight grew up on the family property at Ranfurly in Central Otago, where his father died in 1940 while mining for gold.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Henderson |first1=Simon |title=Family reunion draws 120 together |url=https://www.odt.co.nz/regions/central-otago/family-reunion-draws-120-together |access-date=19 January 2021 |work=Otago Daily Times |date=27 December 2019}}</ref> He was educated at Otago Boys' High School in Dunedin and later farmed the property.<ref name=mc>McCarron A (2010) ''New Zealand Cricketers 1863/64–2010'', p. 86. Cardiff: The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. {{isbn|978 1 905138 98 2}} ([https://archive.acscricket.com/cricketers_series/new_zealand_cricketers_1863-64_2010/index.html Available online] at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 5 June 2023.)</ref>
As well as playing first-class cricket for Otago, McKnight played Hawke Cup cricket for Central Otago from the 1963–64 season to 1976–77.<ref>{{cite web |title=Hawke Cup Matches played by Stewart McKnight |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/22/22451/Hawke_Cup_Matches.html |website=CricketArchive |access-date=19 January 2021}}</ref> He captained Central Otago against the touring Marylebone Cricket Club in 1960–61 at Alexandra, top-scoring with 48 in the second innings.<ref>{{cite web |title=Central Otago v MCC 1960-61 |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/131/131675.html |website=CricketArchive |access-date=19 January 2021}}</ref> He took part in a world tour with a New Zealand Cricket Council side in 1964, playing in 11 countries.<ref name=LH/>
McKnight was also a rugby union referee,<ref>{{cite web |title=Stewart Gemmell McKnight |url=https://www.rugbyhistory.co.nz/referee/stewart-gemmell-mcknight |website=NZ Rugby History |access-date=19 January 2021}}</ref> and represented New Zealand at curling.<ref name=LH>{{cite news |last1=Huffadine|first1=Leith|title=Love of sport still strong in McKnight|url=https://www.odt.co.nz/love-sport-still-strong-mcknight|access-date=19 January 2021 |work=Otago Daily Times |date=8 January 2015}}</ref> He was a life member of both the Otago Cricket Association and the Otago Rugby Football Union and was a cricket selector for Otago. His son, Ken McKnight, played for both Central Otago and Otago during the 1980s and 90s.<ref name=mc/>
McKnight died at Ranfurly in 2021. He was aged 85.<ref name=ci/>
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