Tony Benneworth
Australian cricketer (1950–2018) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Anthony John Benneworth (12 December 1950 – 10 March 2018)[1] was an Australian cricketer who played for Tasmania from 1971 until 1979.[2] He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler.
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Full name | Anthony John Benneworth | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1950-12-12)12 December 1950 Launceston, Tasmania, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 10 March 2018(2018-03-10) (aged 67) Ansons Bay, Tasmania, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1971–1981 | Tasmania | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First-class debut | 22 December 1971 Tasmania v World XI | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last First-class | 24 February 1979 Tasmania v New South Wales | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
List A debut | 14 November 1972 Tasmania v South Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last List A | 7 November 1981 Tasmania v Queensland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 2 January 2011 |
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He played in Tasmania's inaugural Sheffield Shield team in 1977–78. He was the first Tasmanian to take five wickets in an innings in a Sheffield Shield match, when he took 5 for 115, as well as making 54 and 42, against South Australia in February 1978.[3]
Benneworth was the Liberal candidate for Bass in the 2001 federal election but lost to Labor's Michelle O'Byrne.[4] From 1992 to 1998 he served in the Tasmanian House of Assembly.[5][6]
He died in a boating accident off Ansons Bay, Tasmania on 10 March 2018.[1]