| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
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| Born | 1831 Tunbridge Wells, Kent | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 5 October 1875 (aged 43–44) Chichester, Sussex | ||||||||||||||
| Role | Wicket-keeper | ||||||||||||||
| Domestic team information | |||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||
| 1860 | Sussex | ||||||||||||||
| 1863–1864 | Kent | ||||||||||||||
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Source: CricInfo, 24 January 2012 | |||||||||||||||
Robert Bennett (1831 – 5 October 1875) was an English cricketer. He was born at Tunbridge Wells in Kent.[1]
Bennett made his first-class cricket debut for Sussex County Cricket Club against MCC at Lord's in 1860,[2] in what was his only first-class appearance for Sussex. He later played for Kent, making his first-class debut for the county against England in 1863. He made five further first-class appearances for Kent, the last of which came against England in 1864.[2] In his seven first-class appearances, he scored 35 runs at an average of 2.50, with a high score of 12, while as a wicket-keeper he took nine catches and made two stumpings.[3]
He died at Chichester in Sussex on 5 October 1875 aged 43 or 44.
References
- ↑ Carlaw D (2020) Kent County Cricketers A to Z. Part One: 1806–1914 (revised edition), p. 57. (Available online at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 2020-12-21.)
- 1 2 "First-Class Matches played by Robert Bennett". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 January 2012.
- ↑ "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Robert Bennett". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 January 2012.
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