George Bennett

Cricket Player

1829 – 1886

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Who was George Bennett?

George Bennett, known also as Farmer Bennett was an English professional cricketer, who played first-class cricket from 1853 to 1873. He was mainly associated with Kent County Cricket Club, and made 170 known appearances in first-class matches.

Bennett was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm slow roundarm bowler. He played for several of the representative travelling teams including the United All-England Eleven; All-England Eleven and the United South of England Eleven. He represented the Players in 1865 and 1866. He took part in the first English tour of Australia as a member of HH Stephenson's XI in Australia in 1861–62.

He also was the first player to be ever given out handled the ball. In a match for Kent against Sussex at County Cricket Ground, Hove in August 1872, he removed a ball from his clothing before he had scored a run. Unfortunately for him, the introduction of Law 33 in 1899, which declared such a ball to be dead, did not come soon enough.

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Born
Feb 12, 1829
Died
Aug 16, 1886

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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