John Tabart

John Lewis Benjamin Tabart (30 November 1827 – 9 September 1894), was an English cricket player, who played five games of first-class cricket for Tasmania.

John Tabart

Personal information
Full name	John Lewis Benjamin Tabart
Born	(1827-11-30)30 November 1827 St Pancras, London, England
Died	9 September 1894(1894-09-09) (aged 66) Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
Relations	Tom Tabart (nephew)
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1850/51-1857/58	Tasmania
First-class debut	11-12 Feb 1851 Tasmania v Victoria
Last First-class	4-5 March 1858 Tasmania v Victoria
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 5 Runs scored 80 Batting average 11.42 100s/50s –/– Top score 20 Balls bowled 4 Wickets – Bowling average – 5 wickets in innings – 10 wickets in match – Best bowling – Catches/stumpings 1/–
Source: Cricinfo, 2 January 2011

He has the distinction of having played in the first ever first-class cricket match in Australia.^[1] In the extremely low-scoring match, his attacking 15 not out in the second innings, after Tasmania had lost six wickets for 15 in pursuit of 36 for victory, was crucial.^[2]

John Tabart died on 9 September 1894 in Launceston, Tasmania at the age of 66.

See also

• List of Tasmanian representative cricketers