John Tabart
FullnameJohn Lewis Benjamin Tabart
Birth date30 November 1827
Birth placeSt Pancras, London, England
Death date9 September 1894 (aged 66)
Death placeLaunceston, Tasmania, Australia
FamilyTom Tabart (nephew)
Club 1Tasmania
Columns1
Column 1First-class
Matches 15
Runs 180
Bat avg 111.42
100s/50s 1–/–
Top score 120
Deliveries 14
Wickets 1
Bowl avg 1
Fivefor 1
Tenfor 1
Best bowling 1
Catches/stumpings 11/–
Date2 January
Year2011
Sourcehttp://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/7910.html Cricinfo
Debutdate 111-12 Feb
Debutyear 11851
Debutfor 1Tasmania
Debutagainst 1Victoria
Lastdate 14-5 March
Lastyear 11858
Lastfor 1Tasmania
Lastagainst 1Victoria
Type 1First-class

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.

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

References

  1. ^ Tasmania v Victoria 1850-51 Archived 8 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Roger Page, A History of Tasmanian Cricket, Government Printer, Hobart, 1958, pp. 19-20.