title: List of Northern Knights first-class players
text: # List of Northern Knights first-class players
  
  Northern Knights was formed in 2013 and became a first-class team in 2017. They played their inaugural first-class match in the 2017 Inter-Provincial Championship against North West Warriors. Northern Knights are yet to win the Interprovincial Championship, in either it time as a non first-class competition, or with first-class status. In total, 29 players have appeared in first-class cricket for Northern Knights, with James McCollum having played in all 11 first-class fixtures played by Northern Knights.
  
  McCollum is Northern Knights leading run-scorer in first-class cricket, aggregating 750 runs. Three batsmen have scored a century for Northern Knights in the format: McCollum, James Shannon and Harry Tector. Tector's score of 146, is the highest score by a Northern Knights batsman, while Shannon has the teams best batting average: 61.33. Among the bowlers, South African-born James Cameron-Dow has taken more wickets than any other, claiming 15. McCollum has the best bowling figures in an innings: he claimed five wickets against North West Warriors in a 2018 match, while conceding 32 runs.
  
  Players are initially listed in order of appearance; where players made their debut in the same match, they are initially listed by batting order.
  
  ## Key
  
  | General † – Wicket-keeper First – Year of first-class debut for Northern Knights Last – Year of latest first-class match for Northern Knights Mat – Number of first-class appearances for Northern Knights | Batting Runs – Runs scored in career HS – Highest score Avg – Runs scored per dismissal * – Batsman remained not out | Bowling Balls – Balls bowled in career Wkt – Wickets taken in career BBI – Best bowling in an innings Ave – Average runs per wicket | Fielding Ca – Catches taken St – Stumpings effected |
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  | All statistics correct as of the end of the Irish 2019 cricket season. ||||
  
  ## List of first-class cricketers
  
  Northern Knights first-class players :
  
  | No. | Name | Nationality | First | Last | Mat | Runs | HS | Avg | Balls | Wkt | BBI | Ave | Ca | St |
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  | No. | Name | Nationality | First | Last | Mat | Batting | Batting | Batting | Bowling | Bowling | Bowling | Bowling | Fielding | Fielding | Ref(s) |
  | 01 | Adam Dennison | Ireland | 2017 | 2017 | 2 | 45 | 36 | 11.25 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | 0 |
  | 02 | Christopher Dougherty † | Ireland | 2017 | 2018 | 8 | 212 | 74 | 15.14 | 0 | – | – | – | 15 | 0 |
  | 03 | James McCollum | Ireland | 2017 | 2019 | 11 | 750 | 119* | 46.87 | 96 | 5 | 5/32 | 12.40 | 1 | 0 |
  | 04 | James Shannon | Ireland | 2017 | 2018 | 6 | 552 | 140* | 61.33 | 54 | 2 | 1/7 | 9.00 | 2 | 0 |
  | 05 | Shane Getkate | Ireland | 2017 | 2019 | 10 | 355 | 70 | 25.35 | 684 | 13 | 4/62 | 33.38 | 0 | 0 |
  | 06 | Nikolai Smith | Ireland | 2017 | 2018 | 5 | 67 | 28 | 8.37 | 353 | 8 | 2/25 | 17.50 | 1 | 0 |
  | 07 | Greg Thompson | Ireland | 2017 | 2017 | 2 | 75 | 37 | 25.00 | 0 | – | – | – | 1 | 0 |
  | 08 | Lee Nelson | Ireland | 2017 | 2017 | 2 | 32 | 17 | 10.66 | 48 | – | – | – | 0 | 0 |
  | 09 | Robert McKinley | Ireland | 2017 | 2017 | 3 | 91 | 43* | 22.75 | 228 | 5 | 2/36 | 49.33 | 1 | 0 |
  | 10 | Nathan Smith | Ireland | 2017 | 2018 | 5 | 47 | 22* | 7.83 | 630 | 6 | 4/34 | 52.50 | 1 | 0 |
  | 11 | Gary Kidd | Ireland | 2017 | 2018 | 5 | 20 | 10 | 6.66 | 766 | 13 | 3/36 | 29.30 | 3 | 0 |
  | 12 | John Matchett | Ireland | 2017 | 2018 | 3 | 51 | 27 | 8.50 | 12 | – | – | – | 3 | 0 |
  | 13 | Graeme McCarter | Ireland | 2017 | 2019 | 5 | 111 | 62* | 27.75 | 597 | 5 | 2/37 | 55.20 | 1 | 0 |
  | 14 | Jacob Mulder | Ireland | 2017 | 2018 | 3 | 47 | 22 | 11.75 | 272 | 2 | 2/33 | 74.50 | 1 | 0 |
  | 15 | Jamie Magowan † | Ireland | 2017 | 2017 | 2 | 31 | 30 | 31.00 | 0 | – | – | – | 3 | 0 |
  | 16 | Marc Ellison | New Zealand | 2018 | 2019 | 7 | 225 | 65 | 22.50 | 0 | – | – | – | 6 | 0 |
  | 17 | Harry Tector | Ireland | 2018 | 2019 | 7 | 330 | 146 | 36.66 | 703 | 14 | 4/70 | 24.42 | 1 | 0 |
  | 18 | Neil Rock † | Ireland | 2018 | 2019 | 6 | 79 | 22* | 15.80 | 0 | – | – | – | 11 | 1 |
  | 19 | James Cameron-Dow | Ireland | 2018 | 2019 | 7 | 102 | 39* | 20.40 | 1,013 | 15 | 5/101 | 36.20 | 2 | 0 |
  | 20 | James Magee | Ireland | 2018 | 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 60 | – | – | – | 0 | 0 |
  | 21 | Mark Adair | Ireland | 2018 | 2019 | 6 | 194 | 91 | 27.71 | 565 | 7 | 3/33 | 41.71 | 5 | 0 |
  | 22 | Phil Eaglestone | Ireland | 2018 | 2018 | 2 | 10 | 10* | 5.00 | 183 | 1 | 1/63 | 148.00 | 0 | 0 |
  | 23 | Aaron Wright | Ireland | 2018 | 2018 | 1 | 19 | 18 | 9.50 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | 0 |
  | 24 | Matthew McCord | Ireland | 2018 | 2018 | 1 | 50 | 46 | 50.00 | 90 | 1 | 1/22 | 41.00 | 1 | 0 |
  | 25 | Gary Wilson † | Ireland | 2019 | 2019 | 3 | 73 | 36 | 24.33 | 0 | – | – | – | 2 | 0 |
  | 26 | Matthew Foster | Ireland | 2019 | 2019 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 3.50 | 156 | 4 | 2/38 | 22.00 | 0 | 0 |
  | 27 | Murray Commins | South Africa | 2019 | 2019 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0.50 | 0 | – | – | – | 1 | 0 |
  | 28 | Josh Manley | South Africa | 2019 | 2019 | 1 | 2 | 1* | 2.00 | 66 | 2 | 2/50 | 25.00 | 0 | 0 |
  | 29 | Ruhan Pretorius | South Africa | 2019 | 2019 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2.00 | 72 | 1 | 1/35 | 35.00 | 0 | 0 |
  