Tony Benneworth

Tony Benneworth

Personal information
Full name	Anthony John Benneworth
Born	12 December 1950 Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
Batting style	Right-hand batsman
Bowling style	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

Anthony John "Tony" Benneworth (born 12 December 1950 in Launceston, Tasmania^[1]) was an Australian cricketer, who played for the Tasmanian Tigers, from 1971 until 1979.^[2]

His batting style is right-hand bat and his bowling style is right-arm medium.

Benneworth was the Liberal candidate for Bass in the 2001 federal election but lost to Labor's Michelle O'Byrne. From 1992 to 1998 he had served in the Tasmanian House of Assembly.^[3]

See also

• List of Tasmanian representative cricketers

References

1. "The Parliament of Tasmania from 1856". Parliament of Tasmania. Retrieved 10 July 2012.
2. "Tasmanians rally behind Ponting". The Hindu. 9 January 2008. Retrieved 10 July 2012.
3. Gillman, Sarah (2 March 2012). "Friday Forum". ABC Online. Retrieved 10 July 2012.

External links

• Player profile: Tony Benneworth from ESPNcricinfo
• Player profile: Tony Benneworth from CricketArchive