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Lieutenant-Colonel Ferdinando Wallis Bennet (13 December 1850 – 17 October 1929) was an English soldier who played in four first-class cricket matches between 1874 and 1878.[1]
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Full name | Ferdinando Wallis Bennet |
Born | St Newlyn East, Cornwall | 13 December 1850
Died | 17 October 1929 78) Northam, Devon | (aged
Batting | Right-handed |
Bowling | Right-arm slow |
Source: Cricinfo, 8 March 2017 |
Bennet was born at Tresillian House near St Newlyn East in Cornwall in 1850. He went to Sherborne School before attending the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst.[2][3] He was commissioned in the Royal Engineers, rising to the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, brevetted to Colonel, at the end of his military career. As a Lieutenant he was British Vice-Consul of Anatolia based in Adana between 1880 and 1882.[4][5]
Bennet played in four first-class cricket matches between 1874 and 1878. He played three matches in 1874, once for each of Kent County Cricket Club, Gentlemen of the South and a side representing Kent and Gloucestershire. In 1878 he made one appearance for MCC.[6]
Bennet married Evelyn Palmer and was a JP in Devon in later life.[4] He died in Northam, Devon in 1929 aged 78.[1]
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