Batting style Right-hand batsman Role Cricket Player Name Tony Benneworth | 1971–1981 Tasmania Bowling style Right-arm medium | |
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Full name Anthony John Benneworth Born 12 December 1950 (age 73) ( 1950-12-12 ) Launceston, Tasmania, Australia First-class debut 22 December 1971 Tasmania v World XI Last First-class 24 February 1979
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Anthony John "Tony" Benneworth (born 12 December 1950 in Launceston, Tasmania) is a former Australian cricketer who played for Tasmania from 1971 until 1979. He was a right-handed batsman a right-arm medium-pace bowler.
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.
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.
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