Eric Charles Bensted (11 February 1901 – 24 March 1980) was a cricketer who played first-class cricket for Queensland from 1923 to 1936.
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| Full name | Eric Charles Bensted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 11 January 1901 Killarney, Queensland, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 24 March 1980 (aged 79) Brisbane, Queensland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm fast-medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1923-24 to 1936-37 | Queensland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 27 October 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bensted, an all-rounder, was the first Queensland player to play in 50 Sheffield Shield matches.[1] His highest score was 155 against New South Wales in 1934-35, when he and Cassie Andrews added 335 in 239 minutes for the seventh wicket after Queensland were 6 for 113.[2] They set an Australian seventh-wicket record that stood until 2014.[3]
References
edit- ^ "White Coat for Bensted". Courier-Mail. 23 February 1937. p. 9.
- ^ The Oxford Companion to Australian Cricket, Oxford, Melbourne, 1996, p. 59.
- ^ "Marsh, Whiteman flatten India A with huge stand". Cricinfo. 8 July 2014. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
External links
edit- Eric Bensted at ESPNcricinfo
- Eric Bensted at CricketArchive