Tony Benneworth
Australian cricketer and politician (1950-2018)
Anthony John Benneworth (12 December 1950 – 10 March 2018) was an Australian cricketer and politician. He played for Tasmania from 1971 until 1979.[1] He was a right-handed batsman a right-arm medium-pace bowler.
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Full name | Anthony John Benneworth | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Launceston, Tasmania, Australia | 12 December 1950|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 10 March 2018 Ansons Bay, Tasmania, Australia | (aged 67)|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 |
He was the Liberal candidate for Bass in the 2001 federal election but lost to Labor's Michelle O'Byrne. From 1992 to 1998 he served in the Tasmanian House of Assembly.[2]
Benneworth died in a boating accident off Ansons Bay, Tasmania on 10 March 2018.[3]
References change
- ↑ "Tasmanians rally behind Ponting". The Hindu. 9 January 2008. Retrieved 10 July 2012.[permanent dead link]
- ↑ Gillman, Sarah (2 March 2012). "Friday Forum". ABC Online. Archived from the original on 31 December 2012. Retrieved 10 July 2012.
- ↑ "Two Northern Tasmanian men killed in boating tragedy". Archived from the original on 2018-03-11. Retrieved 2018-03-11.