Knox was rewarded for this and his superb early season form with nomination as a Cricketer of the Year by Wisden. In 1907, though a wet summer severely restricted his opportunities, a superb effort against a powerful South African team earned Knox a place in the second Test at Headingley. This turned out to be a grievous error because he was a mere passenger on a very soft pitch, and even at The Oval in the third Test Knox did not achieve much. Indeed, not playing as regularly as before, Knox took only 44 County Championship wickets and 70 in all games — as against 117 and 144 in 1906. At the end of 1907, Knox announced he would be playing no more first-class cricket, but soon before the 1908 season began it was expected he would play regularly in July and August. A superb performance for the Gentlemen at the Oval gave Surrey great hope he would be as good as in 1906, but he only played in three matches, and in 1909 could spare no time for cricket at all. 1910 saw Knox back in the Surrey eleven for five matches, in which he bowled as well as before, but after July he could never again spare any time for county cricket — thus ending a brief but brilliant career. In the Great War Knox joined the Royal Army Ordnance Corps as a Lieutenant, being promoted to Captain in 1919 and ending his army career as a Major. Continuing his career as a singer, Neville Knox was in poor health for many years before his death in 1935. References External links First-class bowling statistics 1884 births 1935 deaths People from Clapham People educated at Dulwich College England Test cricketers English cricketers Surrey cricketers Wisden Cricketers of the Year Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers British Army cricketers North v South cricketers Gentlemen cricketers Gentlemen of the South cricketers Gentlemen of England cricketers C. I. Thornton's XI cricketers English male singers British Army personnel of World War I Royal Army Ordnance Corps officers 20th-century British male singers Military personnel from London