The programme about Gareth Edwards' 70th birthday highlighted the fact that, as an undisputed World Great, it took 30 years after Edwards retired for him to be knighted. An FB friend suggested that it will be Chris Froome's turn to be knighted after his 4th TdF win.
I had a look at people who had received knighthoods for "Services to Sport" and it brought up some interesting anomalies. Why, for example are there 10 times the number of West Indian cricketing Sirs than there are Australian ones? Why are there so many yachting knights (9) when it is such a minority sport - compared to boxing, say, in which Ennery is the only one who has been so ennobled?
A weird business, honours.