Tony Benneworth

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.

Tony Benneworth

Personal information
Full name	Anthony John Benneworth
Born	(1950-12-12)12 December 1950 Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
Died	10 March 2018(2018-03-10) (aged 67) Ansons Bay, Tasmania, Australia
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm medium
Domestic team information
Years	Team
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
Career statistics
Competition First-class List A Matches 15 10 Runs scored 580 72 Batting average 23.20 9.00 100s/50s 0/3 0/0 Top score 75 21* Balls bowled 2,247 510 Wickets 26 9 Bowling average 38.92 31.33 5 wickets in innings 1 0 10 wickets in match 0 0 Best bowling 5/115 3/14 Catches/stumpings 6/– 1/–
Source: CricketArchive, 2 January 2011

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.^[4] From 1992 to 1998 he served in the Tasmanian House of Assembly.^[5][6]

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

See also

• List of Tasmanian representative cricketers