John Knapp
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| Intro | Cricketer | |
| Places | United Kingdom | |
| was | Athlete Cricketer | |
| Work field | Sports | |
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| Birth | 8 March 1841, Paddington, City of Westminster, Greater London, England | |
| Death | 22 June 1881St Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex, South East England, England (aged 40 years) |
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John Walter Knapp (8 March 1841 – 22 June 1881) was an English cricketer. Knapp's batting style is unknown, but it is known that he bowled right-arm fast. The son of Tyrell Knapp and Harriett Harris, he was born in Paddington, London. In 1859 he attended Exeter College, Oxford.
Knapp made a single first-class appearance for Middlesex against Hampshire in 1864 at the Cattle Market Ground in Islington. In Middlesex's only innings he scored 3 runs before being run out, with Middlesex inflicting a defeat by an innings and 38 runs on a Hampshire side, who like Middlesex were playing in their first season of first-class cricket.
Knapp married a Kate M. Taylor at Woodmansterne, Surrey on 30 July 1878. He died at St Leonards-on-Sea, Sussex on 22 June 1881, aged 40.