| Enos Knibbs | |
| Country: | West Indies |
| Fullname: | Enos Silvester Knibbs |
| Birth Date: | 29 July 1886 |
| Birth Place: | Kingston, Jamaica |
| Death Place: | Jamaica |
| Umpire: | true |
| Testsumpired: | 2 |
| Umptestdebutyr: | 1930 |
| Umptestlastyr: | 1935 |
| Date: | 28 April |
| Year: | 2020 |
| Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/westindies/content/player/52326.html Cricinfo |
Enos Silvester Knibbs (29 July 1886 – 2 November 1953) was a West Indian cricket umpire from Jamaica. He stood in two Test matches, in 1930 and 1935.[1]
Knibbs was born in Kingston and began his involvement in cricket as a groundsman at the Melbourne Park ground. He apparently devoted himself to cricket – playing, coaching, repairing bats, umpiring and preparing pitches.[2] The Kingston Daily Gleaner said of his umpiring in 1932 that he was "conscientious, painstaking, intelligent and thoroughly honest in his convictions ... and when he gives a decision, it comes from a cool, calculated and well-balanced mind".[2]
Knibbs umpired most of the first-class matches in Jamaica from 1927 to 1938, including the first two Test matches played in Jamaica.[3] The English Test player Errol Holmes said of him, "Enos Nibbs [''sic''] was as impartial an umpire as I have ever seen." Knibbs used to smoke a cigarette while standing at square leg, extinguish it before officiating at the bowler's end, then re-light it when he returned to square leg.[4]