Edwin Bennett (cricketer)

Edwin Bennett
Personal information
Full name Edwin Howard Bennett
Born (1893-12-21)21 December 1893
Shifnal, Shropshire, England
Died 9 July 1929(1929-07-09) (aged 35)
East Worthing, Sussex, England
Batting style Unknown
Bowling style Unknown
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1925 Worcestershire
1921–1924 Staffordshire
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 4
Runs scored 157
Batting average 19.62
100s/50s 0/2
Top score 73
Balls bowled 0
Wickets 0
Bowling average -
5 wickets in innings 0
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling -
Catches/stumpings 1/0
Source: CricketArchive, 4 March 2009

Edwin Howard Bennett (21 December 1893 – 9 July 1929) was an English cricketer, who played four first-class matches. He was born in Shifnal, Shropshire, and he died at the age of just 35 in East Worthing, Sussex.

Three of Bennett's games were for Worcestershire in 1925, while the other came for the Civil Service (playing their only first-class match) in 1927. In the latter game against the touring New Zealanders, themselves making their first tour of England, he made 73 and 60 (by some distance the highest scores of his career).[1] He brought off only one catch in first-class cricket, to dismiss Bob Wyatt in the derby against Warwickshire.[2]

Before his brief first-class career, Bennett played a number of games in the Minor Counties Championship for Staffordshire; he scored 97 for them against Kent Second XI in 1921.[3] He also played club cricket for Wolverhampton, and in a single-innings game against Shrewsbury School in 1922 hit 146 opening the batting; the match was eventually drawn with Shrewsbury nine wickets down.[4]

Notes

  1. ↑ "Civil Service v New Zealanders in 1927". CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 March 2009.
  2. ↑ "Warwickshire v Worcestershire in 1925". CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 March 2009.
  3. ↑ "Kent Second XI v Staffordshire in 1921". CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 March 2009.
  4. ↑ "Shrewsbury School v Wolverhampton in 1922". CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 March 2009.

References

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