Ralph Benson
English cricketer and barrister From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ralph Augustus Benson JP (15 October 1828 — 11 March 1886) was an English first-class cricketer and barrister.
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| Full name | Ralph Augustus Benson | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 15 October 1828 Hanley, Worcestershire, England | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 11 March 1886 (aged 57) Marylebone, Middlesex, England | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Unknown | ||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||
| 1855 | Marylebone Cricket Club | ||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 29 August 2021 | |||||||||||||||
The only son of Moses George Benson, he was born in October 1828 at Hanley, Worcestershire. He was educated at Winchester College,[1] before going up to Christ Church, Oxford.[2]
A member of the Inner Temple, he was called to the bar in January 1854.[3] Benson played first-class cricket for the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) in 1855, against Oxford University at Oxford.[4] Batting once in the match, he was run out for 2 runs in the MCC first innings.[5] In addition to playing first-class cricket, Benson also played minor matches for Shropshire.[6] He held the roles of recorder of Shrewsbury from 1866 to 1879 and was a Metropolitan Police magistrate at Southwark Crown Court from 1867 to 1879.[3] He was additionally a justice of the peace for Shropshire and the Liberty of the Tower. Benson was a member of the Carlton Club.[1]
He died at his Montagu Square residence following a prolonged illness in March 1886.[7] He was married to Selina Henrietta Cockerell, daughter of the cricketer Louis Cockerell.[1] His granddaughter was the novelist and travel writer Stella Benson.
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