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Tony Benneworth

Tony Benneworth

Australian cricketer (1950–2018)

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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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.[citation needed] From 1992 to 1998 he served in the Tasmanian House of Assembly.[4][5]

He died in a boating accident off Ansons Bay, Tasmania on 10 March 2018.[1]

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References

  1. [1]
    Willard, Jessica. "Two Northern Tasmanian men killed in boating tragedy". The Advocate. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
  2. [2]
    "Tasmanians rally behind Ponting". The Hindu. 9 January 2008. Retrieved 10 July 2012.
  3. [3]
    Wisden 1979, pp. 975–1000.
  4. [4]
    Gillman, Sarah (2 March 2012). "Friday Forum". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 10 July 2012.
  5. [5]
    "Anthony John (Tony) Benneworth". Members of the Parliament of Tasmania. Retrieved 26 July 2022.


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